Abstract

LOPEZ GARCIA DE MADINABEITIA, Ana Pía. Perinatal grief: a secret within a mistery. Rev. Asoc. Esp. Neuropsiq. [online]. 2011, vol.31, n.1, pp.53-70. ISSN 2340-2733.

Fetal death in pregnancy, during delivery or in the days after birth is a sensible topic, influenced by several factors. The loss can trigger grief reactions in parents as well as situations difficult to manage by health care workers. This grief, which receives scant consideration, can complicate and give rise to psychiatric disorders. It is necessary to know the significance of perinatal loss from the parents' perspective not to make the mistake of displaying paternalist attitudes or relying on dogmatic guidelines that consider all parents equal in the face of losses to which they attach different meanings.

Keywords : Bereavement; taboo; grief; miscarriage; fetal death; stillbirth.

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