Mothers' perspectives on the perinatal loss of a co-twin: A qualitative study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Richards, Judy ^a   Graham, Ruth ^b   Embleton, Nicholas D ^a,c   Campbell, Claire ^c   Rankin, Judith ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Grief; Multiple pregnancy; Trauma; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PERINATAL DEATH; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRUST; TWIN PREGNANCY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEW; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; TWINS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTHERS; PERINATAL DEATH; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TWIN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRUST; TWINS;

EID: 84934289620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0579-z     Document Type: Article

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