Main description:

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. -- .

Contents:

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Trauma
Chapter 2: Decisions
Chapter 3: Technology
Chapter 4: Emotions
Chapter 5: Care
Chapter 6: Memory
Chapter 7: Relationships
Conclusion: Life after death
References -- .