PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To explore family members' experience of a bathing and honoring practice after a loved one's death in the acute care setting.
. RESEARCH APPROACH A descriptive, qualitative design using a semistructured telephone interview script.
. SETTING The Inpatient Adult Oncology Unit at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in California. 
. PARTICIPANTS 13 family members who participat...

Article history: Received 29 December 2016 Accepted 19 February 2017 Available online 29 March 2017

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