Infant Journal
for neonatal and paediatric healthcare professionals

Bereavement support in neonatal intensive care

Bereavement support is an important aspect of continuing care that neonatal units should make available to all families following the death of their baby. This article describes a neonatal bereavement support service operating in a tertiary neonatal unit. Neonatal units wishing to establish or expand their existing bereavement service can use this article as a template.

Ngozi E Edi-Osagie and Vivian Evans