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  34. Zwerling, B., et al., “It’s a horrible assignment”: A qualitative study of labor and delivery nurses’ experience caring for patients undergoing labor induction for fetal anomalies or fetal demise. Contraception, 2021. 104(3) doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2021.04.014.
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  37. Leitao, S., et al., Development and evaluation of TEARDROP—a perinatal bereavement care training programme for healthcare professionals. Midwifery, 2021. 98 doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2021.102978.
  38. Auger, N., et al., Decreasing use of autopsy for stillbirths and infant deaths: Missed opportunity. Journal of Perinatology, 2018. 38(10): p. 1414–1419 doi: 10.1038/s41372-018-0191-y.
  39. Evans, M.J., E.S. Draper, and L.K. Smith, Impact of sociodemographic and clinical factors on offer and parental consent to postmortem following stillbirth or neonatal death: A UK population-based cohort study. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 2020. 105(5): p. 532-537 doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-318226.
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  52. Kirabira, V.N., et al., Prospective study to explore changes in quality of care and perinatal outcomes after implementation of perinatal death audit in Uganda. BMJ Open, 2020. 10(7): p. e027504 doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027504.
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  54. Sands UK. National Bereavement Care Pathway for Pregnancy and Baby Loss. Termination of pregnancy due to fetal anomaly (TOPFA): Full guidance document 2022; Available from: https://www.nbcpathway.org.uk/pathways/termination-of-pregnancy-for-fetal-anomaly-topfa-bereavement-care-pathway/.
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