Following organ donation, bodies of children are generally cared for in hospital mortuaries or by funeral directors and their families are offered limited bereavement support. This article describes a partnership between an organ donation nursing team and a children's hospice where families were offered bereavement support from the hospice, and their child's body was cared for in a "cool room" after death. The research explored the perceptions and experiences of nurses' from both the hospice, and the organ donation team.
Tatterton, M. J. et al. A qualitative descriptive analysis of nurses' perceptions of hospice care for deceased children following organ donation in hospice cool rooms. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 25 (4) p 166 - 175.
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