Deborah L. Davis
Autore di Empty Cradle, Broken Heart, Revised Edition: Surviving the Death of Your Baby [1996 Edition]
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Deborah L. Davis, Ph.D., is a developmental psychologist who is best known for Empty Cradle, Broken Heart, which has brought comfort, hope, and healing to thousands of parents over the past 25 years. She has written seven books that support parents by illuminating and normalizing their experiences mostra altro of trauma, grief, adjustment, and healing around miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death, premature birth, parenting in the NICU, end-of-life medical decision-making, and perinatal hospice. For professional audiences, she has written extensively on the topics of perinatal bereavement care, medical ethics, NICU parenting, and relationship-centered care, including textbook chapters and position statements for international organizations. Since 2011, she has been blogging for Psychology Today, where she writes about a variety or topics, including perinatal bereavement. mostra meno
Opere di Deborah L. Davis
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart, Revised Edition: Surviving the Death of Your Baby [1996 Edition] (1996) 106 copie
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart, Revised Edition: Surviving the Death of Your Baby [2016 Edition] (2016) 22 copie
Empty Cradle, Broken Heart, Revised Edition: Surviving the Death of Your Baby [1991 Edition] (1991) 20 copie
Loving and Letting Go: For Parents Who Decided to Turn Away from Aggressive Medical Intervention for Their Critically… (1992) 9 copie
When Courage Lies In Letting Go 2 copie
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"This gentle book fills a void often overlooked in today's high-tech world of miracle babies..." —Booklist
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- 4.5
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- 15
★★★★★
It is with a heavy heart that I had to read such a book to begin with and I can only hope that it is something that you will never have to read yourself.
I received this book at the hospital from a wonderful non-profit foundation that serves part of Colorado called A Walk to Remember. It took me some time to look at the book, let alone read it – but I am glad I did. The loss of my son at nearly 23 weeks of pregnancy was the most heart-wrenching, painful time of my life and one I hope I never have to go through again. Holding him in my arms and watching him take his last breath is one of many moments I will never forget. Nor do I ever want to forget such moments and this book lets you know that that’s ok. Your child’s life, whether ended through a miscarriage early on, stillbirth, or shortly after birth, is one to be remembered and celebrated.
This book is a good overview of the many emotions one feels at such a time and how to deal with it, how others will help (or hinder) in the process, the long emotional healing (year in many cases), physical healing, subsequent pregnancies, healthcare, and much more. While the author points out that it’s ok to skip around as it may not all pertain to one person, I found myself reading every single page (that’s a lie – I skipped over the one part on how to handle your living children during your current loss – something I don’t have to deal with). There were quotes from other parents throughout and I found them all very comforting – that feeling that others had gone through what I had to an extent (each story is different and none are exactly alike in the loss of a child) and not being alone. There was a lot of good information and resources that helped me and I plan to reread some parts as they relate more to me (such as trying for children later on) or just as a reminder.
As I said before – may you never ever have to read such a book. But if you do, this is a good one to pick up.
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