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Case Reports
. 1978 Sep;51(3):237-41.
doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1978.tb02468.x.

Failure to mourn a stillbirth: an overlooked catastrophe

E Lewis, A Page
Case Reports

Failure to mourn a stillbirth: an overlooked catastrophe

E Lewis et al. Br J Med Psychol. 1978 Sep.

Abstract

The reasons for the difficulty of mourning a stillbirth and the therapeutic management of this mourning process are outlined. A case is described of failed mourning of a stillbirth which gave rise to a profound disturbance in mothering of a subsequent live baby. A psychotherapeutic technique is discussed which facilitates the failed mourning of a stillbirth.

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