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Companioning at a Time of Perinatal Loss
Heustis, Jane; Jenkins, Marcia; Wolfelt, Alan D., Ph.d.
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Description for Companioning at a Time of Perinatal Loss
Paperback. Num Pages: 153 pages. BIC Classification: JHBZ; MQC; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
Intended for nurses, doctors, midwives, social workers, chaplains, and hospital support staff, this guide gives caring and practical advice for helping families grieve properly after losing a child at birth. As the special needs of families experiencing perinatal loss are intense and require more than just the bereavement standards in most hospitals, this handbook offers tips and suggestions for opening up communication between caregivers and families, creating a compassionate bedside environment, and helping with mourning rituals. Encouraging continual grief support, these specific companioning strategies can help ease the pain of this most sensitive situation.
Intended for nurses, doctors, midwives, social workers, chaplains, and hospital support staff, this guide gives caring and practical advice for helping families grieve properly after losing a child at birth. As the special needs of families experiencing perinatal loss are intense and require more than just the bereavement standards in most hospitals, this handbook offers tips and suggestions for opening up communication between caregivers and families, creating a compassionate bedside environment, and helping with mourning rituals. Encouraging continual grief support, these specific companioning strategies can help ease the pain of this most sensitive situation.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Companion Press,US United States
Number of pages
153
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Fort Collins, United States
ISBN
9781879651470
SKU
V9781879651470
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99-50
About Heustis, Jane; Jenkins, Marcia; Wolfelt, Alan D., Ph.d.
Marcia Meyer Jenkins RN, is a childbirth educator and perinatal bereavement co-ordinator at St. Francis Hospital and parish nurse at Russellville Community Church in Russellville, Indiana. She lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. Alan D Wolfelt Ph.D. serves as director of the Center for Loss and Life Transition. He writes the 'Children and Grief' column for Bereavement Magazine and has appeared on ... Read more
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