bereaved parent

collocation in English

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bereaved
adjective
uk
/bɪˈriːvd/us
/bɪˈriːvd/
having a close relation or friend who has ...
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parent
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpeə.rənt/us
/ˈper.ənt/
a mother or father of a person or an animal, or someone who looks after a person in the same way that a ...
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The bottom line is that the only thing that everybereavedparentreally wants is his or her child back.
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It must be extremely difficult to explain to abereavedparentthat the hospital might want to keep a child's organ for the greater good.
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Psychological morbidity in bereaved parents decreases to levels similar to those among non-bereaved parents 7- 9 years after the loss.
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The effects of a support group on selected psychosocial outcomes of bereaved parents whose child died from cancer.
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Among the studies conducted in this area there are contradictory observations regarding the temporal course of the psychological morbidity of bereaved parents.
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Again and again media stories predicted that cloning will allow the resurrection of the dead (bereaved parents, for example, might clone a beloved deceased child).
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Bereaved parents' continuing relationship with their deceased child at six months post loss.
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There is considerable anecdotal evidence of bereaved parents who have profoundly regretted agreeing to their child having surgery.
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Bereaved parents' perceptions of inadequate health care were associated with subsequent feelings of guilt during the year following their child's death due to a malignancy.
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Mental distress in bereaved parents was found to decrease over time without any distinct turning point.
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Changes in bereaved parents' relationships and parenting role after loss.
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Except for the initial telephone call the same procedure concerning the questionnaire was used for non-bereaved and bereaved parents.
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Our hypothesis is that bereaved parents' psychological morbidity in terms of anxiety and depression declines with time.
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The search for meaning and its potential for affecting growth in bereaved parents.
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It appears that the average risk of psychological morbidity in bereaved parents decreases to levels similar to those among non-bereaved parents 7- 9 years after the loss.
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The bereaved parents were outraged at the army's tendency to play down the severity of the accidents and to establish internal investigative commissions, which often whitewashed the incidents.
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In a pre-study of 22 bereaved parents as well as 23 non-bereaved parents, means for collection of data were tested, and this prompted some final changes in the questionnaire.
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