Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Pages 131-135 , September 2008

Evidence-Based Neonatal Bereavement Care

  • Alison Kendall, MS, NNP

      Affiliations

    • Perinatal and Gynaecology Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Alison Kendall, MS, NNP, NICU, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 790 Bay St, Suite 950, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1N8.
    • ,
  • Wenxiang Guo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, People's Republic of China

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☆ This work is from Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PII: S1527-3369(08)00085-8

doi: 10.1053/j.nainr.2008.06.011

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Pages 131-135 , September 2008

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