| The context and long-term impacts of multiple birth loss: a peer support network perspective. | |
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PMID: 12184883 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Following my own experience with the death of a twin baby, I founded the Center for Loss in Multiple Birth (CLIMB) Inc. During the last 13 years I have worked with nearly 7000 bereaved parents of twins, triplets or other high multiples throughout the US and worldwide. The role of a peer support organisation and the range of families with multiples who have contacted it is described. They come from diverse backgrounds with many forms of bereavement: death during pregnancy, at birth or after of both or all babies, of one twin, of one or more higher order multiples; multifetal pregnancy reduction or selective fetocide; the death of one or more multiples in childhood. Some have had more than one multiple pregnancy and loss. Many are concerned for the surviving children. A peer support organisation has an important role to play in increasing public awareness of the needs of these families as well as influencing policy on infertility treatments that carry a high risk of producing multiple pregnancies with the associated risk of death and disability for one or more of the babies. |
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Authors:
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Jean Kollantai |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Twin research : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies Volume: 5 ISSN: 1369-0523 ISO Abbreviation: Twin Res Publication Date: 2002 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2002-08-19 Completed Date: 2003-02-11 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9815819 Medline TA: Twin Res Country: Australia |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 165-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Center for Loss in Multiple Birth (CLIMB), Inc., Anchorage, AK 99509, USA. climb@pobox.olaska.net |
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Alaska Attitude to Death* Bereavement* Female Fetal Death Humans Infant Mortality Infant, Newborn Parents / psychology* Peer Group Pregnancy Pregnancy, Multiple* Social Support* |
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