Reclaiming a moral identity: Stillbirth, stigma and 'moral mothers'

Midwifery

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 476-480

  Murphy, Samantha ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mothers; Qualitative research; Stigma; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STILLBIRTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENTING; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING; STILLBIRTH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84861185229     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Allsopp J., Jones K., Baggott R. Health consumer groups in the UK: a new social movement?. Sociology of Health and Illness 2004, 26:737-756.
2. Armstrong E. Conceiving Risk, Bearing Responsibility: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and the Diagnosis of Moral Disorder 2003, The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
3. Confidential Enquiry into Stillbirths and Deaths in Infancy, 2001. 8th Annual Report. Maternal and Child Health Consortium, London.
4. Copelton D.A. You are what you eat: nutritional norms, maternal deviance, and neutralization of women's prenatal diets. Deviant Behavior 2007, 28:467-494.
5. Draper J. Men's passage to fatherhood: an analysis of the contemporary relevance of transition theory. Nursing Inquiry 2003, 10:66-78.
6. Goffman E. Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity 1963, Penguin, London.
7. Jones L.S. Hope deferred: theological reflections on reproductive loss (infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth). Modern Theology 2001, 17:227-245.
8. Kukla R. The ethics and cultural politics of reproductive risk warnings: a case study of California's Proposition 65. Health, Risk and Society 2010, 12:323-334.
9. Landsman G. Real motherhood, class, and children with disabilities. Ideologies and Technologies of Motherhood: Race Class Sexuality Nationalism 2000, Routledge, London. H. Ragone, F.W. Twine (Eds.).
10. Lewis E. The management of stillbirth: coping with an unreality. The Lancet 1976, 2(7986):619-620.
11. Lowe P.K., Lee E.J. Advocating alcohol abstinence to pregnant women: some observations about British policy. Heath, Risk and Society 2010, 12:301-311.
12. Lowe P., Lee E., Yardley L. Under the influence? The construction of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome in UK newspapers. Sociological Research Online 2010, 15. online.
13. Lupton D., Barclay L. Constructing Fatherhood: Discourses and Experiences 1997, Sage, London.
14. May V. On being a 'good' mother: the moral presentation of self in written life stories. Sociology 2008, 42:470-486.
15. McNaughton, D., 2010. From the womb to the tomb: obesity and maternal responsibility, Critical Public Health.
16. Murphy, S.L., 2009. Losing the Future: Stillbirth and the Social Construction of Grief. Lambert Academic Press.
17. Oaks L. Smoke-filled wombs and fragile fetuses: the social i of fetal representation. Signs 2000, 26:63-108.
18. ONS Infant and Perinatal Mortality by Health Areas in England and Wales, 2009 2010, ONS, Newport.
19. Petrou S., Kupek E, Vause S., Maresh M. Clinical, provider and sociodemographic determinants of the number of antenatal visits in England and Wales. Social Science and Medicine 2001, 52:1123-1134.
20. Radcliffe P. Drug use and motherhood: strategies for managing identity. Drugs and Alcohol Today 2009, 9:17-21.
21. Rajan L., Oakley A. No pills for heartache: the importance of social support for women who suffer pregnancy loss. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 1993, 11:75-87.
22. Rothman B.K. Recreating Motherhood: Ideology and Technology in a Patriarchal Society 1989, W.W. Norton and Company, London.
23. Ruddick S. Maternal thinking. Feminist Studies 1980, 6:342-367.
24. Sands, 2008. Our History. Retrieved 05 April 2008 from http://www.uk-sands.org.
25. Strauss A., Corbin J. Basics of Qualitative Research 1990, Sage, London.
26. Westwood S. Feckless fathers': masculinities and the British state. Understanding Masculinities 1996, Open University Press, Buckingham. M. Mac an Ghail (Ed.).