title: Facilitating perinatal grieving between the mother and the father.
abstract: Society often expects mothers and fathers to share equally in the perinatal grief process because the child was a common bond between them. Unfortunately, in perinatal grief, this is not always the case. The mother and the father can experience incongruent grieving and use discordant coping mechanisms. It is important to evaluate these differences to facilitate communication between the distraught parents. Improved communication can in turn facilitate the grieving process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of New Mexico Health Science Center, School of Medicine, Albuquerque, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wallerstedt
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Higgins
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001877:Books; D003142:Communication; D003643:Death; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012657:Self-Help Groups