Support when a child dies is key to coping
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Support when a child dies is key to coping

Rhian Burke @2wishupon The founder, 2 Wish Upon A Star

I hope the care pathway borne out of my family’s double tragedy will be adopted by every emergency department

Five years ago, my one-year-old son George was playing with his siblings when he had a seizure. Two hours later he was dead.

Nursing Standard. 32, 11, 27-27. doi: 10.7748/ns.32.11.27.s20

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