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Anticipate questions.
Offer the family the opportunity to discuss care (at that time or in the future).
Offer to contact other relatives on behalf of the family.
Advise about the bereavement support services that can be accessed. Arrange an appointment if requested.
Provide them with a point of contact with the hospital.
Some families may wish for a memento of the patient, such as a lock of hair. Try to anticipate and accommodate these wishes as much as possible.
Websites and useful addresses
For further information about organ donation contact the following website or your local transplant co-ordinator:
www.uktransplant.org.uk.com
For further information about bereavement and bereavement advice: Cruse Bereavement Care, www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk.com
For advice following a death: Citizens Advice Bureau, www.citizensadvice.org.uk.com
Hospital Chaplaincies Council: www.nhs-chaplaincy-spiritualcare.org.uk.com
For specific guidance on religious practices
National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahais of the United Kingdom
Email: nsa@bahai.org.uk
Website: www.bahai.org.uk.com
Buddhist Hospice Trust
Website: www.buddhisthospice.org.uk.com
Hindu Council UK
Website: www.hinducounciluk.org.com
Jainism
Website: www.jainism.org.com
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Email: his@wtbts.org.uk
Website: www.watchtower.org.com
Rastafarianism
Website: www.rastafarian.net.com
Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe
Email: secretary@ztfe.com
Website: www.ztfe.com
The BBC Religion and Ethics websites also provide useful information.
www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/judaism.com
www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/sikhism.com
www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/zoroastrian.com
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