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Grieving characteristics after spontaneous abortion: a management approach.
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Leppert, PC; Pahlka, BS
Published in: Obstet Gynecol
July 1984
Twenty-two women who experienced a spontaneous abortion were treated during a 15-month period. All patients were seen for counseling sessions immediately after the spontaneous abortion. The initial counseling was followed by patient contacts and by a second counseling session four to six weeks later. All 22 women demonstrated intense emotional reactions to their pregnancy loss, characterized by the seven stages of grief. Guilt was the state that appeared to be the most difficult for the women and their spouses to resolve without help. Counseling sessions are considered an essential part of the total obstetric care for patients who experience a pregnancy loss.
Duke Scholars
Published In
Obstet Gynecol
ISSN
0029-7844
Publication Date
July 1984
Volume
64
Issue
1
Start / End Page
119 / 122
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Pregnancy
- Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
- Humans
- Guilt
- Grief
- Female
- Counseling
- Adult
- Abortion, Spontaneous
- 3215 Reproductive medicine
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Leppert, P. C., & Pahlka, B. S. (1984). Grieving characteristics after spontaneous abortion: a management approach. Obstet Gynecol, 64(1), 119–122.
Leppert, P. C., and B. S. Pahlka. “Grieving characteristics after spontaneous abortion: a management approach.” Obstet Gynecol 64, no. 1 (July 1984): 119–22.
Leppert PC, Pahlka BS. Grieving characteristics after spontaneous abortion: a management approach. Obstet Gynecol. 1984 Jul;64(1):119–22.
Leppert, P. C., and B. S. Pahlka. “Grieving characteristics after spontaneous abortion: a management approach.” Obstet Gynecol, vol. 64, no. 1, July 1984, pp. 119–22.
Leppert PC, Pahlka BS. Grieving characteristics after spontaneous abortion: a management approach. Obstet Gynecol. 1984 Jul;64(1):119–122.
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Published In
Obstet Gynecol
ISSN
0029-7844
Publication Date
July 1984
Volume
64
Issue
1
Start / End Page
119 / 122
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Pregnancy
- Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
- Humans
- Guilt
- Grief
- Female
- Counseling
- Adult
- Abortion, Spontaneous
- 3215 Reproductive medicine