title: Social and professional support needs of families after perinatal loss.
abstract: Perinatal loss has been associated with depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, suicide, marital conflict, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Nurses may provide professional support through teaching, role modeling, encouragement, counseling, problem solving, and other interventions. Nurses also may encourage more effective social support by helping significant others to provide willing, well-intentioned action that will produce a positive response in the bereaved couple. Interventions to increase professional and social support after perinatal loss are described.
authors.affiliation: Women's Health Nurse Practitioner Program, University of Louisville, School of Nursing, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA. mhhutt01@louisville.edu
authors.forename: Marianne H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Hutti
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000523:psychology*; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003376:Counseling / Q000458:organization & administration; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology; D006117:Grief; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008016:Life Change Events; D008603:Mental Health; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000523:psychology*; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D012944:Social Support; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology