Baby’s Death, A: What Policies to Do we Need

Synopsis: A video on child bereavement, highlighting the parents’ need for clear communication and information about their baby’s death, post-mortem and organ donation. Considers the needs of a couple whose baby girl died suddently and unexpectedly soon after birth and asks how these needs could be met by the doctors, midwives and nurses involved. Looks at the practices and policies that help parents in such cases, what the parents require in order to avoid their pursuing litigation and how they can they get answers to their questions.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2000
Year of production: 2000
Uses: Antenatal classes, community education and school visits, newly delivered mothers and for orientation for midwifery students
Subjects: Medical sciences
Keywords: bereavement; birth; infant mortality; interpersonal skills; medical procedures; midwifery; stillbirth

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