Pastoral care following pregnancy loss: the role of ritual.
The authors propose a model for different ways in which clergy of diverse denominations ritualize pregnancy loss through excerpts from 23 interviews with Chicago-area religious leaders. These clergy either do not ritualize pregnancy loss at all, adapt existing rituals, or create new ones.
Singh
Puneet
P
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63017, USA.
Stewart
Kearsley
K
Moses
Scott
S
D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010327:Pastoral Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D014481:United States