Maternity healthcare chaplains and perinatal post-mortem support and understanding in the United Kingdom and Ireland: An exploratory study

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dc.check.date2022-01-07
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dc.contributor.authorNuzum, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorFitzgerald, B.
dc.contributor.authorEvans, M. J.
dc.contributor.authorO'Donoghue, Keelin
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-22T09:48:19Z
dc.date.available2021-01-22T09:48:19Z
dc.date.issued2021-01-07
dc.date.updated2021-01-21T13:04:52Z
dc.description.abstractPerinatal autopsy rates have declined significantly in recent decades. There is a lack of consensus concerning the potential religious influences for bereaved parents in their decision making process for post-mortem. This online study of British and Irish maternity healthcare chaplains explored their understanding of general and local perinatal post-mortem procedures and their experiences in the support of parents. Participants included Christian, Muslim and non-faith chaplains. No chaplain identified any religious prohibition to perinatal post-mortem. A majority of chaplains reported that they had been asked about post-mortem by parents; only a minority felt adequately prepared. A key recommendation is that following appropriate training chaplains may be well placed to support colleagues and parents during the decision making process.en
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dc.identifier.citationNuzum, D., Fitzgerald, B., Evans, M. J. and O'Donoghue, K. (2021) 'Maternity healthcare chaplains and perinatal post-mortem support and understanding in the United Kingdom and Ireland: An exploratory study', Journal of Religion and Health. doi: 10.1007/s10943-020-01176-4en
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10943-020-01176-4en
dc.identifier.eissn1573-6571
dc.identifier.issn0022-4197
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Religion and Healthen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/10946
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringer Nature Switzerland AGen
dc.rights© 2021, the Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC part of Springer Nature. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Journal of Religion and Health. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-020-01176-4en
dc.subjectPost-mortemen
dc.subjectAutopsyen
dc.subjectChaplaincyen
dc.subjectBereavementen
dc.subjectStillbirthen
dc.subjectPerinatalen
dc.titleMaternity healthcare chaplains and perinatal post-mortem support and understanding in the United Kingdom and Ireland: An exploratory studyen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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