The role of a grief support team following stillbirth.
The loss of a baby through stillbirth is a tragic, devastating experience for a woman and her family. Although well intentioned, physicians and nurses are often ill-prepared to provide essential emotional support. We would like to describe our experience with a multidisciplinary perinatal grief support team. In our hospital, such a team has, in part, corrected deficits in the care of these families and has functioned as an invaluable source of education and support for health care providers.
D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011247:Pregnancy