Grief after second-trimester termination for fetal anomaly: A qualitative study

Contraception

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 234-239

  Maguire, Marguerite ^a   Light, Alexis ^b   Kuppermann, Miriam ^c   Dalton, Vanessa K ^d   Steinauer, Jody E ^c   Kerns, Jennifer L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Fetal anomaly; Perinatal grief; Pregnancy loss; Pregnancy termination; Second trimester abortion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; GRIEF; GUILT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SATISFACTION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SELF BLAME; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME; ABORTION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEW; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; GRIEF; GUILT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME;

EID: 84923424193     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2014.11.015     Document Type: Article

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