Losing Thomas & Ella: A Father's Story (A Research Comic)
Title
Losing Thomas & Ella: A Father's Story (A Research Comic)
Creator
Weaver-Hightower MB
Identifier
Publisher
Journal Of Medical Humanities
Date
2017
Subject
Graphic Novels as Topic; Grief; perinatal death; stillbirth; Comics-based research; Death; Fathers; Fathers/ psychology; Grief; Humans; Male; Narration; Narrative research; Perinatal Death; Qualitative Research; Research comics; Sequential art; stillbirth
Description
"Losing Thomas & Ella" presents a research comic about one father's perinatal loss of twins. The comic recounts Paul's experience of the hospital and the babies' deaths, and it details the complex grieving process afterward, including themes of anger, distance, relationship stress, self-blame, religious challenges, and resignation. A methodological appendix explains the process of constructing the comic and provides a rationale for the use of comics-based research for illness, death, and grief among practitioners, policy makers, and the bereaved.
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Citation List Month
January 2018 List
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Citation
Weaver-Hightower MB, “Losing Thomas & Ella: A Father's Story (A Research Comic),” Pediatric Palliative Care Library, accessed February 10, 2025, https://pedpalascnetlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/11232.