The significance of meaning-making, agency and social support: a narrative study of how poor women cope with perinatal loss

Perinatal loss (stillbirth or the death of a neonate) can result in considerable psycho-social disruption for mothers. As women grieve, they try to make meaning of the death of their baby. In contexts of social and economic deprivation, perinatal loss often occurs alongside other difficulties which...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sturrock, Colleen
Other Authors: Swartz, Sally
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14336