Table 1.

Search terms used for literature searches

Database	Search terms
Assia	1	Child* and death or autopsy and parent* or bereavement and social worker or police or physician
	2	Child* and death and police or social work
	3	Child* and murder and parent*
Ovid	1	Grief or self-help group or prof- family relations or bereaved parent as keyword (k.w) And SIDS or child mortality or infant mortality or cause of death
	2	Death (expl- explode) – limit to <18 yrs And Bereavement expl/grief expl/parent# bereavement (k.w) And Autopsy expl
	3	Death expl – limit to <18 yrs And Bereavement expl/grief expl/parent# bereavement (k.w)/parent# expl And Forensic pathology expl/ forensic science expl/forensic# (k.w)/forensic medicine expl
	4	1. Death expl – limit to <18 yrs And Bereavement expl/grief expl/parent# bereavement (k.w)/ parent#expl And P?ediatrician (k.w) or physicians role expl or physician practice pattern exp or attitude of health personnel expl or physician expl or health visitor (k.w.) or community health nursing expl
	5	Death expl – limit to <18 yrs And Bereavement expl/grief expl/parent# bereavement (k.w) And Social worker (kw) or social work expl or police expl or police (kw)
	6	Death expl – limit to <18 yrs And coroner expl or medical examiner expl or coroner k.w.
Cinhahl		Search using ‘child death’ as word in abstract
Google scholar	1	‘bereaved parent doctor’
	2	‘bereaved parent social work’
	3	‘bereaved parent police’