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Perinatal bereavement rituals and practices among U. S. cultural groups

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Perinatal bereavement rituals and practices among U. S. cultural groups/ edited by Erin M. Denney-Koelsch.
other author:	Denney-Koelsch, Erin M.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2023.,
Description:	xiv, 380 p. :ill. (chiefly color), digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Perinatal death - United States. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47203-9
ISBN:	9783031472039

Perinatal bereavement rituals and practices among U. S. cultural groups
Perinatal bereavement rituals and practices among U. S. cultural groups[electronic resource] /edited by Erin M. Denney-Koelsch. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2023. - xiv, 380 p. :ill. (chiefly color), digital ;24 cm.

A Spectrum of Loss: Introduction to Perinatal Loss and Bereavement -- Foundations and Meaning of Death Rituals -- European Americans and Perinatal Death Rituals -- American Jewish Beliefs & Practices Surrounding Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death -- African American Culture and Perinatal Loss -- Rituals and Beliefs about Perinatal Loss in Latinos Living in the US -- Native American Perinatal Bereavement Rituals and Beliefs -- Asian American Perinatal Bereavement Rituals -- Muslim American Perinatal Bereavement Rituals -- Unique Experiences of Family Building and Perinatal Loss using Assisted Reproductive Technologies with Heteronormative and LGBTQ+ People -- The Interdisciplinary Health Care Team in the Setting of Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death -- Community Supports for Parents with Perinatal Loss & Bereavement -- How to Plan and Support Families through Rituals and Memory-Making.

Death rituals are a universal feature of every human culture across the world. Every human must eventually face the stark reality of death, and many cultures and religions have sought to make sense of death and bring solace to the people through bereavement rituals. Infant death has been commonplace in most of human history. Despite the high prevalence of pregnancy loss (25% of all pregnancies) and infant death (0.6% of liveborn infants), these deaths are rarely discussed openly. The parents' grief often is underestimated or ignored by their social network who may never have met the baby and/or feel uncomfortable discussing the loss of a child. On the other hand, the families enduring perinatal loss experience profound grief, loss of the actual and imagined future for that child, and the baby is never forgotten. Thus, parents seek to have their baby remembered through the creation of keepsakes, memories, and rituals. Having a supportive environment that honors their loss and their child's memory and helps to facilitate meaningful rituals can have a profound effect on their long-term bereavement. There is a large amount of literature on death rituals across cultures but most books include infants only briefly and miscarried or stillborn babies are not mentioned at all. This text seeks to fill this substantial gap through review of existing literature paired with dozens of interviews with clinicians and caregivers across many disciplines in the hospital and community as well as bereaved family members who have gone through perinatal loss. The authors recruited in Bereavement Rituals after Pregnancy Loss or Infant Death across U.S. Cultures are a broad group of experts that include clinicians in palliative care and perinatal bereavement, nurses and clergy from different religious groups. The book is broken up into three main sections. The first provides a history and theoretical basis for perinatal death rituals. The second includes an overview of common beliefs and practices in major US religious and cultural groups. The third focuses on the roles of the health care team members and offers a practical how-to guide for health care providers to support families through rituals that fit their personal values and needs.

ISBN: 9783031472039

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-031-47203-9doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1436483
Perinatal death
--United States.

LC Class. No.: RG632.U6 / P47 2023

Dewey Class. No.: 618.392

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