Table 2.

Sample Interview Questions

This must be a very difficult time for you. Talk about how you are coping?

How is your family (husband/wife) coping?

Tell me about a very difficult experience for you.

Are you comfortable with the health care decisions for your infant?

Tell me about what happened when [name of infant] died.

Some parents find it helpful to avoid thinking about their infant's illness after he or she has died while others like to focus at this time in order to remember their infant. Tell me how you have been thinking about your infant and his or her illness.

We talked at the six-week interview about the events surrounding your child's death and how you felt about that. Has anything changed in the way you feel?

Tell me about one of your best, most positive memories of this time.

What was the most difficult experience for you?