Loss and Bereavement in Childbearing - Softcover

Mander, Rosemary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415354110 ISBN 13: 9780415354110

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

This new edition of a groundbreaking work reflects important developments in the general understanding of, and research into, loss and death. Providing a wealth of information for both experienced and inexperienced midwives, the book covers topics including:

• perinatal and neonatal loss
• miscarriage and termination for foetal abnormality
• death of a mother in third world and first world settings
• difficulties encountered during future childbearing.

Combining an authoritative research-based orientation with a critical yet human approach to this sensitive topic, the book aids midwives in providing effective care and support to those who experience loss. The author draws on relevant and largely research-based literature from a wide range of related disciplines to inform this area, which is only now receiving the attention it has long deserved.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Bereavement is commonly perceived as a negative event with unpleasant or harmful consequences. Women and their families suffer when the care they receive is inadequate. Midwives suffer when they are unable or do not know how to provide adequate care. All too frequently midwives recognize when things do go wrong but do not know why. This book considers the ways in which the midwife can recognize and assist the mother and family to embark on a healthy grieving process and covers topics such as miscarriage, termination, perinatal and neonatal loss. The needs of the midwife encountering such situations are also considered.

About the Author:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0415354110
• ISBN 13: 9780415354110
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 252