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Evolution of bereavement counselling in sudden infant death syndrome, neonatal death and stillbirth
Author(s) -
THEARLE M. J.,
GREGORY H.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1992.tb02645.x
Subject(s) - medicine , grief , sudden infant death syndrome , infant mortality , neonatal death , pediatrics , cause of death , psychiatry , disease , pregnancy , fetus , population , environmental health , pathology , biology , genetics
There have been changing attitudes to death and grief in Western society in recent centuries. During the twentieth century complex medical and social changes have resulted in changing attitudes to and experiences with death. Specifically, the impact of death in childhood is reviewed. In recent decades sudden and unexpected death associated with stillbirth, the newborn and infants appears to have a more profound affect on the bereaved parents than in the past when the overall death rates in childhood were higher. The evolution of parent support groups developed since the 1960s to alleviate the psychological trauma of unexpected and sudden death in childhood has been traced. These groups were founded initially for support with sudden infant death syndrome and later extended to include families with stillbirth and neonatal death.