Sharing experiences to improve bereavement support and clinical care after stillbirth: Report of the 7th annual meeting of the international stillbirth alliance

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 352-361

  Heazell, Alexander E P ^a,b   Leisher, Susannah ^b   Cregan, Mairie ^b,c   Flenady, Vicki ^b,d   Frøen, J Frederik ^b,e   Gravensteen, Ida K ^b,f   De Groot Noordenbos, Mariëtte ^b,g   De Groot, Paul ^b,h   Hale, Sue ^b,i   Jennings, Belinda ^b,j   McNamara, Karen ^b,k   Millard, Caron ^b,l   Erwich, Jan Jaap H M ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL STILLBIRTH ALLIANCE   (United Kingdom)

^c Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Association of Ireland Fé ileacáin   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^h Practice for Occupational and Health Psychology ^*  (Netherlands)

ⁱ Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society (Sands)   (United Kingdom)

^j King Edward Maternity Hospital   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^l Sands   (Antigua and Barbuda)

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Author keywords

Grief; improving care; perinatal audit; staff support; stillbirth

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; GRIEF; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORGANIZATION; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STAFF TRAINING; STILLBIRTH;

BEREAVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FATHERS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; NURSE MIDWIVES; PHYSICIANS; POSTNATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84874406878     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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