Attending Patient Funerals —Claiming the Right to Grieve

In this narrative medicine essay a neurointensivist discusses her evolving understanding of her personal and professional responses to patient deaths, the pressures physicians face not to grieve, and the importance of attending patients ’ funerals for bringing closure to relationships with patient families and easing feelings of guilt, sadness, isolation, and denial.
Source: JAMA - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research