Congenital loss: Loss of an immediate family member prior to or during one's birth.

The loss of a family member is often conceptualized as a disruption in one's life story. However, when a loss occurs prior to, or during, one's birth, the bereaved life stories are not interrupted by the loss, but rather begin with loss. The paper offers a new conceptualization of these losses as "c...

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Published in:	Death Studies Vol. 47; no. 8; pp. 914 - 926
Main Authors:	Shamir, Michal Mahat, Pitcho-Prelorentzos, Shani, Leichtentritt, Ronit D.
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd 2023
Subjects:	Families & psychology Death & psychology Childbirth Interviewing Qualitative research Phenomenology Bereavement Research methodology Conceptual structures
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost