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The Experiences of Midwives Who Attend Births by Women with Life-Limiting Fetal Conditions (LLFC): A Phenomenological Research Study

Providing care to a woman after a Life-Limiting Fetal Conditions (LLFC) diagnosis is a difficult experience for midwives. This study’s aim is to describe the experience of midwives assisting in births following an LLFC diagnosis. It is a qualitative study using Interpretative Phenomenological Analys...

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Autores principales: Tataj-Puzyna, Urszula, Heland-Kurzak, Krystyna, Sys, Dorota, Szlendak, Beata, Ryś, Maria, Krauze, Magdalena, Baranowska, Barbara
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10252452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37297680
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111540
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author Tataj-Puzyna, Urszula
Heland-Kurzak, Krystyna
Sys, Dorota
Szlendak, Beata
Ryś, Maria
Krauze, Magdalena
Baranowska, Barbara
author_facet Tataj-Puzyna, Urszula
Heland-Kurzak, Krystyna
Sys, Dorota
Szlendak, Beata
Ryś, Maria
Krauze, Magdalena
Baranowska, Barbara
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description Providing care to a woman after a Life-Limiting Fetal Conditions (LLFC) diagnosis is a difficult experience for midwives. This study’s aim is to describe the experience of midwives assisting in births following an LLFC diagnosis. It is a qualitative study using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 15 midwives with experience in caring for women giving birth following an LLFC diagnosis. The data was analyzed through coding using the MAXQDA tool. The main theme emerging from the experience of midwives concerned difficulty in interacting with the woman giving birth. The analysis singled out four subthemes containing the most significant issues arising from the experience of midwives in caring for a woman giving birth to a lethally ill child: in relation with the woman giving birth; in relation with the child and the family; in relation with oneself; and in relation with the workplace. Midwives should have access not only to solid knowledge about this question, but also to courses developing skills in dealing with difficult situations, in coping with stress, in expressing compassion and, most importantly, in communicating with women and their families in such difficult circumstances.
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spelling pubmed-102524522023-06-10 The Experiences of Midwives Who Attend Births by Women with Life-Limiting Fetal Conditions (LLFC): A Phenomenological Research Study Tataj-Puzyna, Urszula Heland-Kurzak, Krystyna Sys, Dorota Szlendak, Beata Ryś, Maria Krauze, Magdalena Baranowska, Barbara Healthcare (Basel) Article Providing care to a woman after a Life-Limiting Fetal Conditions (LLFC) diagnosis is a difficult experience for midwives. This study’s aim is to describe the experience of midwives assisting in births following an LLFC diagnosis. It is a qualitative study using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 15 midwives with experience in caring for women giving birth following an LLFC diagnosis. The data was analyzed through coding using the MAXQDA tool. The main theme emerging from the experience of midwives concerned difficulty in interacting with the woman giving birth. The analysis singled out four subthemes containing the most significant issues arising from the experience of midwives in caring for a woman giving birth to a lethally ill child: in relation with the woman giving birth; in relation with the child and the family; in relation with oneself; and in relation with the workplace. Midwives should have access not only to solid knowledge about this question, but also to courses developing skills in dealing with difficult situations, in coping with stress, in expressing compassion and, most importantly, in communicating with women and their families in such difficult circumstances. MDPI 2023-05-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10252452/ /pubmed/37297680 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111540 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Tataj-Puzyna, Urszula
Heland-Kurzak, Krystyna
Sys, Dorota
Szlendak, Beata
Ryś, Maria
Krauze, Magdalena
Baranowska, Barbara
The Experiences of Midwives Who Attend Births by Women with Life-Limiting Fetal Conditions (LLFC): A Phenomenological Research Study
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title_short The Experiences of Midwives Who Attend Births by Women with Life-Limiting Fetal Conditions (LLFC): A Phenomenological Research Study
title_sort experiences of midwives who attend births by women with life-limiting fetal conditions (llfc): a phenomenological research study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10252452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37297680
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111540
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