There are, however, important and desirable roles that healthcare professionals can play at the time of, and immediately following, death. Related Roles of Healthcare Professionals Clinicians working in the end-of-life care arena play a number of roles in supporting patients and families in the last weeks and days of life, but their involvement generally comes to an abrupt end with the death of a patient for whom they have cared. ... Clinicians' involvement and support at this critical time can have a very positive effect on the family's experience, and may help prevent some of prob...

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