Our design
Our group encountered many variations in how people are treated when their babies die before term. For example, until recently a foetus that died before 13 weeks was treated as, and disposed of with, medical waste. We found research showing that when mourning is facilitated, the family is likely to adjust better to its bereavement. Doctors and nurses should learn how to facilitate mourning and should accept the strange and sometimes bizarre forms this may take. In addition, midwives and nurses appear to experience significant and personal adverse effects as a result of caring for families experiencing loss. Improved bereavement training may help obstetricians care for grieving families but also cope with their own emotions after this devastating event.
This research was presented in the form of written findings and also as a physical model bringing people in direct relation to the embodied and emotional resonances of stillbirth.
This research was presented in the form of written findings and also as a physical model bringing people in direct relation to the embodied and emotional resonances of stillbirth.