MISCARRIAGE, STILLBIRTH, AND PERINATAL DEATH: PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS

Course overview

A miscarriage is defined as the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before the 20th week of gestation, while a stillbirth is a fetal death that occurs at 20 weeks of gestation or after. The term perinatal death encompasses both stillbirths and early neonatal death (i.e., infants who are born alive but die within 7 days after birth). This continuing education module is designed to give the reader/learner an increased understanding of the psychosocial aspects of miscarriage, stillbirth, and perinatal death, and to aid in caring for the patient with this diagnosis. Readers may explore any or all of the topics. One contact hour of continuing education credit is available for those who successfully complete the post-test and evaluation form.