Loss And Bereavement in Childbearing

by Mander; Rosemary

• ISBN13: 9780415354110
• ISBN10: 0415354110
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2005-11-10
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book considers ways in which midwives can assist families to embark on a healthy grieving process. Subjects such as miscarriage, termination for fetal abnormality, prenatal and neonatal loss are all comprehensively discussed. It is a revised edition of a book published by Blackwell Scientific in 1994 (rights reverted to author). The revised edition will also include a new chapter on the death of the mother in childbirth. Key features: Author has almost 40 years experience of midwifery practice and has published widely on childbearing and midwifery (including Men and Maternity, Routledge, published at the end of March); Accessible and easy-to-read, assuming no prior experience of loss and bereavement - the first edition was well used by midwifery students.

Author Biography

Rosemary Mander is Professor of Midwifery at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Table of Contents

List of figures	vii
List of tables	viii
Acknowledgements for the First Edition	ix
Acknowledgements for the Second Edition	x
Introduction	xi
Loss, bereavement, grief and mourning	1	(12)
Loss in `successful' childbearing	13	(7)
Researching childbearing loss: problems, dangers and opportunities	20	(14)
Features of loss in childbearing	34	(24)
Caring for the grieving mother	58	(21)
Bereavement counselling	79	(10)
Family grief	89	(19)
Grief in the neonatal unit	108	(21)
The death of a mother	129	(16)
Staff reactions and support	145	(20)
Staff grieving and crying	165	(14)
Self-help support groups	179	(17)
Future childbearing	196	(11)
Conclusion: benefits and meanings	207	(3)
Appendix 1 Mysterious discovery: children's cemetery has been found in Astypalaia	210	(1)
Appendix 2 My youngest brother	211	(2)
References	213	(21)
Index	234