Support for Parents and Families After Stillbirth and Neonatal Death

Overview

Journal Cochrane Database Syst Rev

Publisher Wiley

Specialties General Medicine
Health Services

Date 2024 Nov 13

PMID 39535308

Authors

Siobhan Loughnan

Danya Bakhbakhi

David A Ellwood

Frances Boyle

Philippa Middleton

Christy Burden

Keren Ludski

Robert Saunders

Vicki Flenady

Affiliations

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Abstract

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To identify and assess the effect of support interventions focused on psychological, social, and emotional outcomes for bereaved parents (including birth and non-birthing mothers, fathers, partners) and family members of parents (e.g. grandparents; siblings) who have experienced stillbirth or neonatal death.

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