Perinatal mortality: assisting parental affirmation
Female; Humans; infant; Pregnancy; Burial; Adaptation; Psychological; Newborn; Fetal Death/psychology
The health professional's role does not cease with perinatal death, but shifts towards the prevention of postmortem psychiatric sequelae in the parents. A multidisciplinary bereavement service has found that an increased awareness of the final processes of "viewing" and "burial" diminishes the production of fearful speculations both by parents and staff, and allows them to cooperate more fully in dealing with the tragedy.
Cohen L; Zilkha S; Middleton J; O'Donnohue N
The American Journal Of Orthopsychiatry
1978
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1978.tb02577.x" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1111/j.1939-0025.1978.tb02577.x</a>
Building a new world: habits and practices of healing following the death of a child
Child; Female; Humans; Male; Adult; Parent-Child Relations; Attitude to Death; Ceremonial Behavior; Family Relations; Qualitative Research; Spirituality; Burial; Preschool; Adaptation; Psychological; bereavement; Interviews; infant; SSHRC CURA; Habits
The goal of this interpretive phenomenological study is to describe and understand significant habits and practices developed by families bereaved from the sudden and unexpected loss of their children. Data were primarily collected through the interviewing of 15 family members in seven families. At least four interviews were conducted with each family. Family members were interviewed both together and separately. The analysis of the data illuminated the development of significant and meaningful family practices. These practices acknowledged the death of the children, integrated their loss into the everyday lives of these families, allowed for continuing connection, and were of utter importance as they contributed to family healing.
2006
Gudmundsdottir M; Chesla CA
Journal Of Family Nursing
2006
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Informing mothers of neonatal death and the need for family-centered bereavement care: A phenomenological qualitative study
grief; neonatal death; bereavement; burial; funeral rites
PURPOSE: To understand the lived experience of mothers surrounding the time of being informed of neonatal deaths in intensive care units. DESIGN: A phenomenological qualitative approach was employed. METHODS: Twelve mothers (age 24-41 years) were identified from the neonatal mortality records of two large neonatal intensive care units with high neonate turnover rates in Amman, Jordan. Data were collected using semistructured interviews with the participants. Interpretive phenomenology was used to generate themes regarding the essence of the mother's experience. RESULTS: Critical analyses of mothers' accounts revealed three major themes: (a) Minimize the hurt, which described how mothers intuited overprotection by their families while the news was conveyed indirectly to them; (b) The striking reality of death, which captured mothers' distressing experiences while realizing the loss of their neonates; and (c) Farwell my baby, which accentuated mothers' needs and experiences while neonates' bodies were honored and prepared for burial per the cultural norms in Jordan. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Our findings highlighted the complex dynamics of familial interactions and cultural influences on mothers' bereavement experiences at the time of neonatal death. The grieving mothers expressed unfulfilled needs of receiving professional bereavement support at the time of neonatal death. Strategies are needed to optimize the supportive role of specialized nurses in providing family-centered bereavement care to mothers and their families who experience neonatal death.
Abdel Razeq NM; Al-Gamal E
Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing
2021
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