Hope and Healing After Stillbirth And New Baby Loss by Kevin Gournay

Hope and Healing After Stillbirth And New Baby Loss by Kevin Gournay

A guide on how to cope with the loss of an unborn or newborn baby

"Our priority must be to provide appropriate support to the parents who are experiencing loss: that is why books like this one are so important" * Vicky Foxton, MP *
"Gives an insight into grief, and on what may help in living with the loss. Midwives and maternity staff may also find this book useful to appreciate some of the challenges facing parents." * Gail Johnson, Professional Adviser, Royal College of Midwives *

Professor Kevin Gournay, CBE is Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, and the author of several Sheldon books. He is a government adviser and expert witness, a consultant to the World Health Organization, and lead investigator and reporter on multiple reports on cases of stillbirth and perinatal death. He has covered a very wide range of research and is renowned for his work with patients suffering the effects of trauma, and with dying patients and their families. His professional interest in stillbirth stems from loss of his own child to stillbirth (at 40 weeks) in 1985. Dr Brenda Ashcroft is lecturer in midwifery/ethics and law at University of Salford. She is a distinguished midwife and an expert witness. She has a specialist interest in risk on the labour ward, and has investigated a large number of cases involving stillbirth and perinatal death, where negligence has been addressed. She has contributed to the work of SANDS and presented her work to government organisations.

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ISBN 13	9781847094674
ISBN 10	1847094678
Title	Hope and Healing After Stillbirth And New Baby Loss
Author	Kevin Gournay
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Murray Press
Year published	2019-05-16
Number of pages	132
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