Despite the frequency of stillbirths, the subsequent implications are overlooked and
underappreciated. We present findings from comprehensive, systematic literature reviews …

In this first paper of The Lancet's Stillbirths Series we explore the present status of stillbirths
in the world—from global health policy to a survey of community perceptions in 135 …

Background Provision of an empathetic, sensitive, caring environment and strategies to
support mothers, fathers and their families experiencing perinatal death are now an …

Introduction: Perinatal loss is often a traumatic outcome for families. While there are limited
data about depressive outcomes in small populations, information about depression and …

Despite the high prevalence globally, the death of a baby to stillbirth is an often
misunderstood and disenfranchised loss. Mothers, fathers, and families struggle to cope with …

Objective To obtain the views of bereaved parents about their interactions with healthcare
staff when their baby died just before or during labour. Design Qualitative in-depth interview …

Significance Lethal fetal diagnoses are made in 2% of all pregnancies. The pregnancy
experience is certainly changed for the parents who choose to continue the pregnancy with …

Pregnancy loss, in all its forms (miscarriage, abortion, and fetal death), is one of the most
common adverse pregnancy outcomes, but the psychological impact of such loss is often …

Background Guidelines surrounding maternal contact with the stillborn infant have been
contradictory over the past thirty years. Most studies have reported that seeing and holding …

For the past two centuries, non‐human primates have been reported to inspect, protect,
retrieve, carry or drag the dead bodies of their conspecifics and, for nearly the same amount …