Abstract
This manual was created by Mary Orman in partnership with Aspirus St. Luke’s. It served as her graduate project for a master’s degree in professional studies from the University of Minnesota, Duluth in Spring 2023.
This manual for health care professionals provides guidance on how to support grieving parents. It offers ongoing, attentive and appropriate care through scheduled phone calls, starting a week after the loss and continuing up to the first anniversary of their child's birth or passing. As the birthing person moves through the grief process, the script changes, but the ultimate goal is to help the birthing person move through grief to peace and acceptance.
Importantly, this follow-up care is provided at no cost to the parent(s) or family.
Throughout this manual, the Mediators of Grief outline in J. William Worden’s book "Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy", fifth edition, and the "Tasks for Mourning" of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross have been followed.
Recommended Citation
Aspirus St. Luke's Hospital
(2025)
"Caring for Bereaved Parents After Perinatal Loss,"
Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine: Vol. 10:
Iss.
2, Article 7.
Available at:
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/survive_thrive/vol10/iss2/7