Understanding Baby Loss
The Sociology of Life, Death and Post-Mortem
Seiten
2023
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-6318-9 (ISBN)
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-6318-9 (ISBN)
This book offers an in-depth sociological analysis of parent and professional experience of baby loss, examining the role that post-mortem can play in the wider context of bereavement. -- .
This book offers a detailed and sensitive account of how parents experience different forms of baby loss, and subsequently make decisions about post-mortem examination. It also analyses some of the challenges professionals face when working in this highly sensitive field of medicine. It draws on data from an ESRC award-winning UK based study on the development of minimally invasive post-mortem to examine a range of sociologically pertinent issues relating to: ‘trauma’ ‘emotions’, ‘decisions’, ‘care’ ‘technology’ ‘memory’ and the role of ‘social and biological relationships’. By shedding light on this taboo aspect of healthcare, the book provides a highly original contribution to sociology, offering a comprehensive analysis of some of the most pressing concerns in the field to date. -- .
This book offers a detailed and sensitive account of how parents experience different forms of baby loss, and subsequently make decisions about post-mortem examination. It also analyses some of the challenges professionals face when working in this highly sensitive field of medicine. It draws on data from an ESRC award-winning UK based study on the development of minimally invasive post-mortem to examine a range of sociologically pertinent issues relating to: ‘trauma’ ‘emotions’, ‘decisions’, ‘care’ ‘technology’ ‘memory’ and the role of ‘social and biological relationships’. By shedding light on this taboo aspect of healthcare, the book provides a highly original contribution to sociology, offering a comprehensive analysis of some of the most pressing concerns in the field to date. -- .
Kate Reed is a Professor of Medical Sociology at the University of Sheffield Julie Ellis is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Health and Illness at the University of Huddersfield Elspeth Whitby is a Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield -- .
Introduction
1 Trauma
2 Decisions
3 Technology
4 Emotions
5 Care
6 Memory
7 Relationships
Conclusion: Life after death
References -- .
| Erscheinungsdatum | 24.10.2023 |
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| Verlagsort | Manchester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 434 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Trennung / Trauer | |
| Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5261-6318-7 / 1526163187 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5261-6318-9 / 9781526163189 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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