title: The emotional impact of a maternal death.
abstract: This article explores the emotional impact that matrna deth as pon midwives--in particular community midwives--and how they cope with grief and critical incident stress. This is because there is little written within the literature about the experiences of community midwives following a maternal death.The inspiration for writing this article comes from Samantha's own experience as a community midwife. Points for developing practice are also considered.
authors.forename: Samantha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Whelan
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D063130:Maternal Death / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008880:Midwifery / Q000379:methods*; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000523:psychology*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D055815:Young Adult