Management of perinatal loss of a twin.
The death of a twin during pregnancy or around birth gives rise to a bewildering confusion of thoughts and feelings that can impede mourning and disturb the bereaved mother's care of a surviving twin. Every effort should be made to give the parents and siblings an experience of the dead baby. Photographs especially can reduce confusion and assist reality testing and thus facilitate the grieving process and improve the care of the surviving twin.
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Perinatal Bereavement Unit, Tavistock Clinic, London.
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D001601:Bereavement; D003376:Counseling; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D014427:Twins