title: A transformational journey through birth and death.
authors.affiliation: Maureen Cavanagh is the manager for health care ethics at St. Peter's Health Partners, Albany, NY. The author would like to acknowledge the assistance of Summer Johnson McGee, PhD, Loyola University Chicago, and Heidi Ricks, LM, CM, CPM, in the preparation of this manuscript. This article is dedicated to the memory of Renee Noble, in gratitude for all she taught us. Contact author: maureen.cavanagh@sphp.com. The author has disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cavanagh
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001293:Attitude to Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000523:psychology; D037841:Pregnant People / Q000523:psychology*