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Article: Silent grief; South Shore Hosital aims to help patients cope with pregnancy loss
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- April 22, 2002
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Carolyn Eggert For The Patriot Ledger
Being a nurse is a challenging job, but Rosemary Phelan, RN, MS,
at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, has an even tougher job.
Phelan is South Shore Hospital's Perinatal Loss Coordinator. She
has the daunting task of educating hospital employees on helping
patients to deal with the emotional impact of miscarriage. She has
developed a program that teaches them how to understand and support
patients' needs and grief.
Cristina Garcia, 33, of Halifax had a miscarriage last month. She
was almost seven weeks pregnant.
"My husband and I have three children and never experienced any
problems in the past," she says. "I just assumed that this was going
to be a ...