Silent loss and the clinical encounter: Parents' and physicians' experiences of stillbirth-a qualitative analysis

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kelley, Maureen C ^a,b,c   Trinidad, Susan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Parental support; Perinatal bereavement; Perinatal death; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELIVERY; GRIEF; GYNECOLOGIST; HUMAN; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STILLBIRTH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FOCUS GROUPS; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSTETRICS; PARENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84869874127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-137     Document Type: Article

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