Perinatal and Pediatric Bereavement in Nursing and Other Health Professions
Perinatal and Pediatric Bereavement in Nursing and Other Health Professions
Editors: Black, Beth Perry. Limbo, Rana and Wright, Patricia Moyle
Publication Year: 2016
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
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$85.00

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$127.50
ISBN: 978-0-82-612926-0
Category: Health & Medicine - Nursing
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3
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
This is a definitive, state-of-the-art resource on the vital pieces of perinatal and pediatric palliative care. Culling the most important new evidence-based research and findings from scholars and practitioners worldwide, it links theoretical knowledge and clinical practice to fill a gap in current information.
Table of Contents
- About the Authors
- Contributors
- Foreword Betty R. Ferrell, PhD, MA, RN, FAAN, FPCN, CHPN
- Preface
- SECTION I: PERINATAL BEREAVEMENT - Kristen M. Swanson
- Preface to PERINATAL BEREAVEMENT
- 1: My Absent Child: Cultural and Theoretical Considerations of Bereavement When a Child Dies - Patricia Moyle Wright, Rana Limbo, and Beth Perry Black
- Addressing Culture: A First Step in Bereavement Care
- Continuing Bonds: Re-Examining How Attachments Are Maintained After Death
- Posttraumatic Growth in Response to Loss
- Concepts Related to Bereavement Theories
- Conclusion
- 2: Applying Theoretical Frameworks to Research in Perinatal Bereavement - Sarah Kye Price and Dalia El-Khoury
- Attachment Theory
- Psychodynamic Theory
- Interpersonal Theory
- Cognitive Stress Theory
- Feminist Theory
- Emerging Perspectives: Trauma-Informed and Strengths-Based Approaches to Research
- Conclusion
- Case Study
- Focus Questions
- 3: Caregiving as a Theoretical Framework in Perinatal Palliative Care - Rana Limbo, Anthony Lathrop, and Jane Heustis
- Brief Historical Overview
- Identifying Families in Need of Services
- Layered, Progressive News Versus Sudden, Unexpected Realization
- PPC Research
- The Importance of Caregiving
- The Internal Working Model of Caregiving
- Caregiving in Bereaved Parents
- Clinical Guidelines: Caregiving in Perinatal Palliative Care
- Birth and Advance Care Planning
- Beginning the Journey With the Family
- The Role of the PPC Team
- Support During the Pregnancy
- Documentation
- Conclusion
- Case Study
- Focus Questions
- Resources
- 4: When an Expected Baby Dies: Maternal–Fetal Attachment in Context of Loss - Beth Perry Black
- Theoretical Roots of Attachment and Bonding
- Describing and Defining Women's Relationship to the Developing Fetus
- Narratives From Three Expectant Families With a Severe Fetal Diagnosis
- Conclusion
- Case Study
- Focus Questions
- 5: The Pushing On Theory of Maternal Perinatal Bereavement - Patricia Moyle Wright
- Pushing On
- The Process of Maternal Perinatal Bereavement
- Comparison With Other Models
- Clinical Implications of the POT
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- Case Study
- Focus Questions
- 6: When the Unthinkable Happens: A Mindfulness Approach to Perinatal and Pediatric Death - Joanne Cacciatore
- Mindfulness Approaches
- Meditation
- Concerns About the Mindfulness Approach to Traumatic Grief
- Conclusion
- Case Study
- Focus Questions
- 7: Complicated Grief and Perinatal Loss - Patricia Moyle Wright
- Defining CG
- Grief and the DSM-5
- CG and Perinatal Loss
- Treating CG
- Conclusion
- Case Study
- Focus Questions
- 8: Lesbians, Parenthood, and Reproductive Loss - Danuta M. Wojnar
- LGBTQ Families in the United States
- Human Desire to Become a Parent
- Pregnancy Launching by Lesbian Couples
- Miscarriage Experiences of Lesbian Couples
- Conclusion
- Case Study
- Focus Questions
- 9: Early Pregnancy Loss During Adolescence - Sara Rich Wheeler and Marlene G. S. Sefton
- Adolescent Growth and Development
- Integrated Theory of Bereavement
- Conclusion
- Case Study
- Focus Questions
- Appendix 9.1: Bereavement Resources
- Appendix 9.2: Tips for Talking With Adolescents Who Experienced a Pregnancy Loss
- 10: Understanding the Experience of Pregnancy Subsequent to a Perinatal Loss - Denise Côté-Arsenault and Joann O'Leary
- Theoretical Perspectives of Pregnancy
- Characteristics of Pregnancy After Loss
- Interventions for Supporting Parents
- Conclusion
- Case Study
- Focus Questions
- SECTION II: PEDIATRIC BEREAVEMENT - Mary Muscari
- Preface to PEDIATRIC BEREAVEMENT
- 11: Conceptual Approaches to Understanding Parental Grief After the Death of a Child - Margaret Shandor Miles
- Definitions of Grief
- Historical Literature About Parental Grief
- Conceptualization Models of Grief
- Parental Grief Models
- Discussion
- Toward Conceptualizing the Grief of Parents
- Conclusion
- Case Study
- Focus Questions
- 12: Theoretical Perspectives on Pediatric Palliative Care - Rose Steele and Kimberley Widger
- Evolution of Pediatric Palliative Care
- Standards and Principles of Practice
- Models of Pediatric Palliative Care
- Pediatric Palliative Care Specialization
- Conclusion
- Case Study
- Focus Questions
- 13: Hope, Hopefulness, and Pediatric Palliative Care - Douglas L. Hill and Chris Feudtner
- Theories of Hope and Hopeful Patterns of Thinking
- Hope in Health and Health Care
- Pediatric Palliative Care
- Future Directions
- Conclusion
- Case Study
- Focus Questions
- 14: Grieving the Traumatic Death of a Child - Wendy G. Lichtenthal, Geoffrey W. Corner, Corinne Sweeney, and Kailey E. Roberts
- Psychological Responses to the Traumatic Loss of a Child
- Theoretical Models of Adjustment
- Cause of Death: Does It Matter?
- Physical Health and Mortality
- Risk Factors
- Supporting Traumatically Bereaved Parents
- Conclusion
- Case Study
- Focus Questions
- 15: Remembering the “Forgotten Bereaved”: Understanding and Caring for Siblings of Completed Suicide Victims - Rebecca Kabatchnick and Beth Perry Black
- Completed Suicide and Its Aftermath: Background
- Reviewing the Literature on Siblings of Completed Suicide Victims
- Interventions
- Toward No Longer Shedding Tears Alone
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgment
- Case Study
- Focus Questions
- 16: Bereavement in Young Children With Siblings in Pediatric Palliative Care - Betty Davies, Camara van Breemen, Susan Poitras, and Eric Stephanson
- The Long-Term Nature of PPC
- Anticipatory Grief
- The Model: Shadows in the Sun
- Community Bereavement Resources
- Conclusion
- Case Study
- Focus Questions
- 17: Supporting Grieving Children - Andy McNiel and Donna L. Schuurman
- Definition of Terms
- How Children Understand and Process Death
- Understanding How Death Impacts Children's Lives
- What Grieving Children Need
- Talking to Children About Death
- Talking to Children About the Impending Death of Someone Close to Them
- Sharing the News of Death With Children
- Children's Involvement in Funerals and Rituals
- Cultural Issues Impacting Grieving Children, Teens, and Families
- Conclusion
- Case Study
- Focus Questions
- 18: Moments Matter: Exploring the Evidence of Caring for Grieving Families and Self - Rana Limbo and Kathie Kobler
- Background
- Relationship-Based Care
- Professionals Caring for Bereaved Parents
- Caregiver Suffering
- Conclusion
- Case Study
- Focus Questions
- Resources