The Unique Experiences of Women and Their Families After the Death of a Baby
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This study sought to discover the ways in which the woman's experience of a baby's death affects her as an individual and within the family system. More specifically, this study asked: Does a woman's experience of stillbirth appear to have long-lasting effects, and what variables influence such changes? Expressed through their own narratives, it appears that a baby's death has long-lasting effects for a woman. Variables that affect her perceptual experience include social support, legitimization of her loss, opportunities for rituals, and existential emotions such as shame and guilt. Results revealed that enhanced understanding of the experience and psychosocial support may help some women and their family systems cope with the long-term effects of this loss.
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Parents wish for increased awareness and acknowledgement of stillbirth (FES 20%).
“Parents wish for increased awareness and acknowledgement of stillbirth, FES 20 % [21, 31, 37, 38, 47, 50, 57, 58]”
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- Authors
- Cacciatore, J.
- Affiliations
- Arizona State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Cacciatore, Joanne
- ORCID
- Cacciatore, Joanne
- Venue
- Social Work in Health Care
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2010-02-17
- Volume
- 49
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 134-148
- ISSN
- 0098-1389 (ISSN-L)
- 1541-034X
- OpenAlex
- W1532796831
- Cited by
- 128
- References
- 56
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 3.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Social Work in Health Care (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Arizona State University Library Digital Repository (Arizona State University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Global Maternal and Child Health
- Keywords
- stillbirth, perinatal loss, maternal experience, family coping, social support, funerary practices, guilt, shame, psychosocial support
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Arizona, Family, Female, Grief, Humans, Middle Aged, Mothers, Social Support, Social Work, Stillbirth, Cultural Competency
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