For many bereaved parents, the care provided by healthcare and birth practitioners has a crucial effect on their response to a loss or death. Designed for practical application, this interactive workbook helps practitioners deliver effective bereavement care to women, their partners and families. It includes numerous activities, reflective exercises, case studies, and recommendations to help engage the reader and get them thinking. On completing the book, readers will be equipped with the fundamental skills to support childbearing women, partners, and families who have experienced childbirth-related bereavement.

Caroline Hollins Martin is Professor of Midwifery at the University of Salford, UK.

Eleanor Forrest is Lecturer in Midwifery at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK.

Introduction Chapter 1. Areas of Maternity Care that Incur Bereavement Chapter 2. Breaking Bad News Chapter 3. Procedures Categorised on a Bereavement Protocol Chapter 4. Models of Grieving Chapter 5. Difficulties with Adjusting to the Loss Chapter 6. Ongoing Support Chapter 7. Staff Support Chapter 8. Assessment and Care of a Bereaved Woman and the Family's Spiritual and Religious Needs Conclusion