Baby Death Research Paper

Death is a part of life and cannot be avoided. However, the death of an infant whether born or unborn is never taken lightly. It is a difficult situation for the expecting parents. Parents, however, are not the only ones involved in the death of a baby. Health care providers are also closely involved in the birth or death of a baby. This article was developed to research the feelings that health care providers have when a baby dies. The feelings that health care providers may have when a baby dies can be overlooked and not taken seriously. However, the author of this article believes that it is an important to try and comprehend how these health care providers feel when this happens to the patient they are caring for.
This is an important research article because it is important for individuals to understand that health care providers are the first line of care and they feel what families are feeling which can be happiness and in this case sadness as well. This article portrays the feelings of health care providers clearly and they are well stated. “I do not usually enter the woman’s room unless I have to measure the vital signs, install a catheter or medication, then I get in [lowers her voice further], but I do not ask her anything, I’m ashamed of not knowing what to say, [silence] I am not prepared to address the emotional aspects (EP10, nurse)” (Maria Pastor Montero et al., 2011, p.1408). This is one of the many testimonies offered in this article about health care providers that do not know how to react or what to say in a situation like this. This author’s purpose is to help create a program that can help these providers understand and learn what to say and how to
This author had specific research questions that were read to all providers equally and all answers were recorded. Some of the research questions by Maria Pastor Montero et al. are as follows “Could you describe your experience regarding some perinatal loss situation in your professional practice? How do you feel when you have to face these situations? What does perinatal loss mean to you? How do your beliefs about perinatal loss affect the parents’ death and grief experiences? How do you believe the parents live this experience?” (p. 1407). These research questions are part of the phenomenological process that was used. It was used to measure and assess exactly what these health care providers feel and what they think when these situations occur to them and their patients. All of these research questions were directly related to the problem at