Bereaved parents’ experiences of baby loss stigma: A meta-ethnography

A line of argument synthesis outlined the need to reframe baby loss as a public rather than a personal issue with help needed to break stigma and reduce feelings of social isolation. Implications were made for how professionals and nonprofessionals can help to break the stigma which continues to surround baby loss today.

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Death Studies
Published
2026-05-08
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https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2026.2659895
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Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
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Bereaved parents’ experiences of baby loss stigma: A meta-ethnography

D. M. Smith, A. Clancy, R.L. Corcoran, Shirley L
Death Studies
Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
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Bereaved parents’ experiences of baby loss stigma: A meta-ethnography

D. M. Smith, A. Clancy, R.L. Corcoran, Shirley L
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Abstract

A line of argument synthesis outlined the need to reframe baby loss as a public rather than a personal issue with help needed to break stigma and reduce feelings of social isolation. Implications were made for how professionals and nonprofessionals can help to break the stigma which continues to surround baby loss today.

Death Studies
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GB), Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (GB), Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
Reduced inequalities
Openalex Percentile: Top 4%
Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
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