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Management of Grieving After Stillbirth
Author(s) -
Lockwood Steven,
Lewis I. C.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1980.tb77003.x
Subject(s) - psychology , grief , natural history , history , medicine , psychiatry
This article is based upon a detailed series of interviews, some of which continued for up to two years, with 18 women who had suffered a stillbirth and with 11 of their husbands, and upon briefer interviews with a further eight women. No suggestion is made that the individuals involved are a representative sample. The crises and natural history of grieving after stillbirth are described and suggestions are made concerning the monitoring and guidance of the bereavement process.