1 40 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource April 2021 List Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Citation List Month April 2021 List URL Address <a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113312" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://doi.org/​10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113312</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The grief ritual of extracting and donating human milk after perinatal loss Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Social Science & Medicine Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Subject The topic of the resource Infant; Female; Humans; Infant Mortality; Pregnancy; Perinatal loss; Mothers; Stillbirth; Ceremonial Behavior; Grief; Ambiguous loss; Continuing bonds; Grief rituals; Meaning-making in loss; Milk donation; Milk Banks; Milk Human Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Oreg A Description An account of the resource Perinatal loss is a major life crisis involving multiple losses, including the loss of future hopes and dreams, of being pregnant, and of self-esteem, to name a few. In the present study I focus on mothers who experienced perinatal loss and chose to extract and donate their human milk to nonprofit milk banks. Through an analysis of 88 women's personal testimonials, collected between 2017 and 2019, I uncover the ritualistic attributes of the extraction and donation process. The bereaved mothers in this study experienced ambiguous loss, comprising the combination of the physical absence and psychological presence of their baby. The process of extracting and donating their milk constitutes a grief ritual, allowing mothers to maintain and reconstruct the continuing bonds with their babies. The present study extends current understandings of organ donation in times of loss, highlighting the unique nature and consequences of the milk donation process through its conceptualization as a grief ritual. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113312" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113312</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Article information provided for research and reference use only. PedPalASCNET does not hold any rights over the resource listed here. All rights are retained by the journal listed under publisher and/or the creator(s). 2020 Ambiguous loss April 2021 List Ceremonial Behavior Continuing bonds Female Grief Grief rituals Humans Infant Infant Mortality Meaning-making in loss Milk Human Milk Banks Milk donation Mothers Oreg A Perinatal Loss Pregnancy Social science & medicine Stillbirth