Beyond Birth
When labor and birth include traumatic events, debriefing with the patient and follow-up after hospitalization can be helpful to patients and their families in answering questions and understanding what happened and why. Communication with the patient and her family by members of the health care team is critical to patient satisfaction.
Authors
- Richard E. Gilder
- Jeannette T. Crenshaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5147-0286)
- Courtney Stanley Sundin
- Laura Gomez
- Claire Thompson
Institutions
- Texas Christian University (US)
- Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing
- Published
- 2025-12-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/nmc.0000000000001177
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00