Evidence · Systematic review or meta-analysis
Men's grief following pregnancy loss and neonatal loss: a systematic review and emerging theoretical model.
- Allied health
- Comfort and nursing care
- Communicating with families
- Families and professional practice
- Family-integrated care
- Medical
- Nursing
- Palliative and end-of-life care
This paper is from 2020, more than five years ago. Newer evidence may have been published since.
Summary
This systematic review of 46 qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods studies examines men's experiences of grief and predictors of grief following miscarriage, stillbirth, termination for fetal anomaly and neonatal death up to 28 days. Men's grief was highly varied and may not be fully captured by existing grief measures. Men faced distinct challenges, including expectations to support partners and limited social recognition of their grief, described as double-disenfranchised grief. The authors call for more accessible support services for bereaved fathers and propose an emerging socio-ecological model of men's grief.
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