Family members are crucial for medical disputes. From the psychology and social perspective, the paper analyzes a specific medical dispute case, and discusses the psychological care for (potential) " shidu” (loss of the only child) family. Based on the current social context, an early intervention suggestion is proposed, that is to provide the whole-process psychological intervention to the special patients’ families. The intervention includes: regular psychological evaluation and psychological support if necessary; providing disease knowledge and death education; providing continuous psychological care by the hospital and community; offerring more psychological care for " shidu” family by society.
Citation： HE Jinyu, LIU Qiwang, LIU Li, XU Zhengdong. An analysis on responsibility of the health care organization and society for psychological care for “shidu” (loss of the only child) family members: from the perspective of preventing and resolving medical disputes. West China Medical Journal, 2018, 33(12): 1535-1538. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201809097 Copy