Brief Report: Sedatives for Mothers of Stillborn Infants: Views from a National Survey of Obstetricians
dc.contributor.author | Gold, Katherine J. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Schwenk, Thomas L. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Johnson, Timothy R. B. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-07-10T19:06:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-07-10T19:06:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-12-01 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Gold, Katherine J.; Schwenk, Thomas L.; Johnson, Timothy R.B. (2008). "Brief Report: Sedatives for Mothers of Stillborn Infants: Views from a National Survey of Obstetricians." Journal of Women's Health 17(10): 1605-1607 <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/63275> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/63275 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=19049354&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Abstract Although no guidelines support the use of benzodiazepines in bereavement care, clinicians continue to use this medication for surviving family members. An anonymous survey about perinatal death was sent to 1500 United States obstetricians. One question assessed beliefs about prescribing sedatives to bereaved mothers. Almost half (49%) of 804 obstetricians endorsed the use of sedatives, such as benzodiazepines, for acute bereavement. Grieving families may experience mental and physical anguish after a death; however, benzodiazepines are not part of recommended care for bereavement. The surprisingly high support from physicians for the use of sedatives in the case of maternal grief raises important questions about how physicians can best support bereaved mothers and what effect benzodiazepines may have in the grieving process. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.publisher | Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers | en_US |
dc.title | Brief Report: Sedatives for Mothers of Stillborn Infants: Views from a National Survey of Obstetricians | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 19049354 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/63275/1/jwh.2008.0868.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | doi:10.1089/jwh.2008.0868 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Women's Health | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Women's Health | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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