Mothers' experience of their contact with their stillborn infant: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ryninks, Kirsty ^a   Roberts Collins, Cara ^b   McKenzie McHarg, Kirstie ^c   Horsch, Antje ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c WARWICK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Grief; IPA; Maternal mental health; Mothers; Perinatal loss; Qualitative research; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL DISSOCIATION; NEWBORN DEATH; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STILLBIRTH; TIME; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DENIAL; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84902041320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-203     Document Type: Article

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