Professor Kate Reed's new book co-authored with Dr Julie Ellis, Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Health and Illness at the University of Huddersfield and Dr Elspeth Whitby, Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield - offers a detailed and sensitive account of how parents experience different forms of baby loss, and subsequently make decisions about post-mortem examination.
It also analyses some of the challenges professionals face when working in this highly sensitive field of medicine. It draws on data from an ESRC award-winning UK based study on the development of minimally invasive post-mortem to examine a range of sociologically pertinent issues relating to: 'trauma' 'emotions', 'decisions', 'care' 'technology' 'memory' and the role of 'social and biological relationships'.
By shedding light on this taboo aspect of healthcare, the book provides a highly original contribution to sociology, offering a comprehensive analysis of some of the most pressing concerns in the field to date.
You can find out more about the book and order a copy from Manchester University Press.
