Daniel Berger, Catherine Caldwell, Meghan E Robbins, Amelia Gurley, Jessica Mann
Social Needs in the Prehospital Setting (SNIPS): EMS Attitudes Toward Addressing Patient Social Needs
International journal of paramedicine
caring parents continuing pregnancy learning severe lifelimiting condition unborn challenging existing studies focus affected families whereas research subjective experience care professionals scarce aimed 1 explore experiences needs involved care professionals 2 obtain information existing care structures 3 identify requirements structured perinatal palliative care program grounded theory study using theoretical sampling data collected semistructured interviews analyzed following principles grounded theory coding situational analysis total 18 professionals 12 different services munich surroundings participated study 8 physicians 3 midwives 2 nurses 1 pregnancy counselor grief counselor chaplain clinical psychologist undertaker several organizations provide support affected parents interinstitutional communication scarce due lack dedicated perinatal palliative care program professionals make immense partly unpaid efforts support concerned parents providers experience collateral beauty work despite suffering grief includes development humble attitude feelings gratitude toward life feeling meaningful task professional well personal growth requirements structured perinatal palliative care program include fostering peer support ensuring regular supervision enhancing interdisciplinary exchange perinatal palliative care demands high level personal engagement experienced highly rewarding care professionals