The Role of Therapists in Helping Couples Cope with Stillbirth and Newborn Death.

Callan, Victor J.; Murray, Judith

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Publication Date: 1989

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The Role of Therapists in Helping Couples Cope with Stillbirth and Newborn Death.

Callan, Victor J.; Murray, Judith

Family Relations, v38 n3 p248-53 Jul 1989

Reviews research from several disciplines to examine impact of stillbirth and infant death on parents, and the effect of various socio-demographic, pregnancy-related, and postbirth factors upon parents' grieving and adjustment. Reports that one-third of mothers reported serious physical and emotional deterioration. Notes that care and emotional support are critical to adjustment. Proposes treatment program. (Author/CM)

Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Crisis Intervention, Death, Emotional Adjustment, Foreign Countries, Grief, Infant Mortality, Neonates, Parent Child Relationship, Premature Infants

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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