Preface
Chapter 1 : Pregnancy Loss and the Grief Process
Chapter 2 : The Biology of Early Pregnancy Loss
Chapter 3 : Pregnancy-Loss Counseling: The Challenge to the Obstetrician
Chapter 4 : Loss in the Neonatal Period: Recommendations for the Pediatric Health Care Team
Chapter 5 : Reaching Out to the Family of a SIDS Baby
Chapter 6 : Technologies for Antepartum Fetal Assessment
Chapter 7 : Genetics and Pregnancy Loss
Chapter 8 : Teratogenic Issues: Pregnancy Loss or Birth Defects Caused by Therapeutic, Occupational, or Environmental Exposure
Chapter 9 : Termination of Pregnancy for Fetal Abnormalities
Chapter 10 : Ethical Issues in Pregnancy Loss
Chapter 11 : Value of the Perinatal Autopsy
Chapter 12 : The Nurse’s Role: Care of Patients After Pregnancy Loss
Chapter 13 : Adolescent Pregnancy Loss
Chapter 14 : Birthparents’ Grief: Relinquishing a Baby for Adoption
Chapter 15 : Impact of Pregnancy Loss on Subsequent Pregnancy
Chapter 16 : Saying Goodbye: The Funeral Director’s Role
Chapter 17 : Spiritual Issues and Care in Perinatal Bereavement
Chapter 18 : The Family Counselor and Loss
Chapter 19 : My Daughter: A Mother’s Reflections about Pregnancy Loss
Chapter 20 : A Father’s Loss: For Matthew
Index
