Finding the positive in loss

Stillbirth and its potential for parental empowerment

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20159461
AutoresSamantha Murphy (0009-0007-4284-9474, The Open University, autor de correspondencia), Samantha Louise Murphy
Año2012
Volumen31
Número3
Páginas98-103
Fecha de publicación2012-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBereavement Care (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0268-2621 • E-ISSN: 1944-8279
EditorialCruse Bereavement Care (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02682621.2012.740277
OpenAlexW2029323480
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas23

This paper reports on PhD research that investigated parental experience of stillbirth. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 10 couples and 12 mothers, it argues that while the experience of stillbirth is, to some extent, a stigmatising one – parents recount feeling like failures and report social difficulties after the loss (Murphy, 2009) – there are positives that may be taken from the experience. These, however, are more likely to emerge in the medium and longer term. Far from being ‘passive victims of prejudice’ (Shih, 2004), some parents may be empowered to take action to improve local and, in some cases, national maternity services, as well as raising people's awareness of stillbirth and breaking the silence that surrounds it

Developmental psychology · Empowerment · Feeling · Political science · Silence · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Psychology