Bonding and Coping with Loss: Examining the Construction of an Intervention for Multifetal Pregnancy Reduction Procedures
- 20 April 2001
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by S. Karger AG in Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy
- Vol. 16 (3) , 158-165
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000053902
Abstract
Multifetal pregnancy reduction is a medical procedure by which pregnancies usually with three or more embryos are reduced in number early in gestation to improve their medical outcomes. A socially constructed intervention used as part of these procedures at Wayne State University is described. The intervention has as its goals the reduction of anxiety in the woman undergoing such a procedure and the refocusing of attention on the surviving ‘twins’ or singleton. Case materials from 36 cases are examined in detail to document how the intervention is being accomplished in practice, and how it may break down.Keywords
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