Maternity Healthcare Chaplains and Perinatal Post-Mortem Support and Understanding in the United Kingdom and Ireland: An Exploratory Study
Perinatal autopsy rates have declined significantly in recent decades. There is a lack of consensus concerning the potential religious influences for bereaved parents in their decision making process for post-mortem. This online study of British and Irish maternity healthcare chaplains explored thei...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
2021
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Journal of religion and health
Année: 2021, Volume: 60, Numéro: 3, Pages: 1924-1936 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Chaplaincy
B Bereavement B Autopsy B Stillbirth B Perinatal B Post-mortem |
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Résumé: | Perinatal autopsy rates have declined significantly in recent decades. There is a lack of consensus concerning the potential religious influences for bereaved parents in their decision making process for post-mortem. This online study of British and Irish maternity healthcare chaplains explored their understanding of general and local perinatal post-mortem procedures and their experiences in the support of parents. Participants included Christian, Muslim and non-faith chaplains. No chaplain identified any religious prohibition to perinatal post-mortem. A majority of chaplains reported that they had been asked about post-mortem by parents; only a minority felt adequately prepared. A key recommendation is that following appropriate training chaplains may be well placed to support colleagues and parents during the decision making process. |
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ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10943-020-01176-4 |