Palliative medicine
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Palliative medicine · Feb 2022
Multicenter Study'It was like an airbag, it cushioned the blow': A multi-site qualitative study of bereaved parents' experiences of using cooling facilities.
Evidence on the benefits to parents of spending time with their child in the hours after their death means this is now routine practice. UK children's hospices offer parents the opportunity to extend this period by using cooling facilities (i.e. cooled 'bedrooms'; cooling blankets/mattresses) to slow deterioration. ⋯ As well as easing the very early days of loss, use of cooling facilities may influence longer-term bereavement outcomes.