Midwives Coping With Loss and Grief - Stillbirth, Professional and Personal Losses

Informationen zum Autor Doreen Kenworthy, Mavis Kirkham Klappentext Investigates midwives' experiences! and enhances their resilience and ability to cope appropriately with loss whilst giving maximum support to their clients Zusammenfassung The experience of stillbirth and other losses in pregnancy at what is usually a time of great joy is tragic for everyone involved, including midwifery professionals. Inhaltsverzeichnis The story of the research. Background. Stained glass windows: stillbirth memories and their impact on midwives. The silent womb: perceptions of death and midwives' responses. A stillbirth was given to me today: professional pressures! conflict and perceived roles. Communicating with the mother: an emotional labour. Taking the blame and feeling the guilt. Listen to me! for we all need a degree of closure. Independent midwives' responses to stillbirths and neonatal deaths. Making sense of experiences around stillbirth. Loss in midwifery: the wider context and ways forward

Product details

• Authors: Doreen Kenworthy, Doreen Kirkham Kenworthy, Kenworthy Doreen, Mavis Kirkham, Kirkham Mavis
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2011
• EAN: 9781846193880
• ISBN: 978-1-84619-388-0
• No. of pages: 186
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Medicine: general issues, MEDICAL / General, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Peer Pressure, Neonatal Medicine