1998/10/17 by David J R Hutchon, S. Cooper · 1 citation
Medicine · Psychology · Nursing · #Pregnancy-related medical research #Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health #Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions #Miscarriage #Terminology #Abortion #Distress #Distressing #Pregnancy #Medicine #Fetal distress #Nursing #Obstetrics #Psychology #Clinical psychology #Fetus
paper · doi:10.1136/bmj.317.7165.1081
openalex publication_date 1998/10/17 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15
Editorial p 1028 EDITOR —Miscarriage is distressing, giving rise to a range of emotional experiences for both the woman and her partner. The aim of medical and nursing staff must be to reduce distress, but the distress may be increased by staff taking the wrong approach or using inappropriate terminology. The lay public tend to interpret an “abortion” as a termination of pregnancy.1 We advise that when women are counselled about miscarriage the word abortion should be avoided. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has …