Loss and Bereavement in Childbearing

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Author: R. Mander

ISBN-10: 0415354102

ISBN-13: 9780415354103

Category: Basic Sciences

This new edition of a groundbreaking work reflects important developments in the general understanding of, and research into, loss and death. Providing a wealth of information for both experienced and inexperienced midwives, the book covers topics including:\ \ perinatal and neonatal loss\ miscarriage and termination for foetal abnormality\ death of a mother in third world and first world'settings\ difficulties encountered during future childbearing.\ \ Combining an authoritative...

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This new edition of a groundbreaking work reflects important developments in the general understanding of, and research into, loss and death. Providing a wealth of information for both experienced and inexperienced midwives, the book covers topics including: perinatal and neonatal lossmiscarriage and termination for foetal abnormalitydeath of a mother in third world and first world settingsdifficulties encountered during future childbearing.Combining an authoritative research-based orientation with a critical yet human approach to this sensitive topic, the book aids midwives in providing effective care and support to those who experience loss. The author draws on relevant and largely research-based literature from a wide range of related disciplines to inform this area, which is only now receiving the attention it has long deserved.

1Loss, bereavement, grief and mourning12Loss in 'successful' childbearing133Researching childbearing loss : problems, dangers and opportunities204Features of loss in childbearing345Caring for the grieving mother586Bereavement counselling797Family grief898Grief in the neonatal unit1089The death of a mother12910Staff reactions and support14511Staff grieving and crying16512Self-help support groups17913Future childbearing196Conclusion : benefits and meanings207App. 1Mysterious discovery : children's cemetery has been found in Astypalaia210App. 2My youngest brother211