The anticipatory grief in pediatric intensive care unit: an experience report

The present work aims to address one of the themes found by monitoring the patients and their families admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Children's 1 Graduanda de Psicologia – PUCRS, Bolsista de Iniciacao Cientifica PIBIC/CNPq, Grupo de Pesquisa Avaliacao e Intervencao do Funcionamento Adaptado e Nao Adaptado – PUCRS. E-mail : katherineflach@hotmail.com. 2 Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)e Hospital da Crianca Santo Antonio (HCSA) Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.