Caring for Families Experiencing Stillbirth: Evidence-based Guidance for Maternity Care Providers

This paper focuses on how meaningful and culturally appropriate care can be provided to mothers and families from when they are informed that their baby will be stillborn to many years after the experience. It aims to promote and inform meaningful and culturally appropriate evidence-informed practice amongst maternity care providers caring for mothers and families who experience stillbirth.

Author(s): Michah DJ Peters, Karolina Lisy, Dagmara Riitano , Zoe Jordan, Edoardo Aromataris
Organisation: Women and Birth
Year Published: 2015
Language: English

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