References
- United Nations Department of Social Affairs. Foetal. Infant and early childhood mortality: 1. The statistics. New York: United Nations. 1954
- US Department of Health, Education and Wellare. Facts of life and death. 1978: DHEW publication No. 79–1222
Selected readings
- Chance G (and other members of the Canadian Paediatric Society, Fetus and Newborn Committee). Support for parents experiencing perinatal loss. Can Med Assoc J 1983: 129(4): 335–9
- Easing the pain of neonatal death. Emerg Med 1983: 13(Jul): 96–8
- Elliott BA. Neonatal death: reflections for parents. Pediatrics 1978: 62(1): 100–2
- Elliott BA, Hein HA. Neonatal death: reflections for physicians. Pediatrics 1978: 62(1): 96–100
- Estok P, Lehman A. Perinatal death: grief support for families. Birth 1983: 10(1): 17–25
- Furlong RM. Hobbins JC. Grief in the perinatal period. Obstet Gynecol 1983: 61(4): 487–500
- Gilson GJ. Care of the family who has lost a newborn. Postgrad Med 1976: 60(6): 67–70
- Helmrath TA, Steinitz EM. Death of an infant: parental grieving and the failure of social support. J Fam Pract 1978: 6(4): 785–90
- Hildebrand WL. Schreiner RL. Helping parents cope with perinatal death. Am Fam Physician 1980: 22(5): 121–5
- Kubler-Ross E. On death and dying. New York: Macmillan. 1969
- Kushner H. When bad things happen to good people. New York: Avon. 1981
- McIntosh N, Eldridge C. Neonatal death—the neglected side of neonatal care? Arch Dis Child 1984: 59(6): 585–7
- Pritchard JA, MacDonald PC, Gant NF, eds. Williams obstetrics. 17th ed. Norwalk. CT: Appleton-Century-Crofts. 1985
- Rowe J, Clyman R, Green C. et al. Follow-up of families who experience a perinatal death. Pediatrics 1978: 62(2). 166–70
- Schreiner RL, Gresham EL, Green M. Physician's responsibility to parents after death of an infant: beneficial outcome of a telephone call. Am J Dis Child 1979: 133(7): 723–6
- Turco R. The treatment of unresolved grief following loss of an infant. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1981: 141(5): 503–7
- White MP, Reynolds B, Evans TJ. Handling of death in special care nurseries and parental grief. Br Med J (Clin Res) 1984: 289(6438): 167–9
- Wilson AL, Witzke D, Fenton LJ, et al. Parental response to perinatal death: mother-father differences. Am J Dis Child 1985: 139(12): 1235–8