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Paul Richard Cassidy

Paul Richard Cassidy
Umamanita

Doctor in Sociology and Anthropology

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Introduction
PhD in Sociology and Anthropology from University Complutense Madrid. Senior researcher at Umamanita, a Spanish charity that supports parents after perinatal bereavement. Currently undertaking quantitative and qualitative research on care in Spanish hospitals and parents experiences of grief.
Additional affiliations
September 2012 - present
Umamanita Stillbirth Charity
Position
  • Principal Investigator
January 1997 - September 2004
NGM Research & Strategic Planning
Position
  • Research Analyst
October 1996 - June 1998
Waterford Institute of Technology
Position
  • Lecturer
Description
  • Lecturer in Marketing and International marketing to degree and diploma students.
Education
October 2015 - October 2020
Complutense University of Madrid
Field of study
  • Sociology and Anthropology
October 2012 - February 2014
Complutense University of Madrid
Field of study
  • Research Methodology
October 1991 - June 1995
Waterford Institute of Technology
Field of study
  • Business & Marketing

Publications

Publications (33)
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Abstract Background The objective of the study was to evaluate practices in Spanish hospitals after intrauterine death in terms of medical/ technical care and bereavement support care. Methods A cross-sectional descriptive study using an online self-completion questionnaire. The population was defined as women who had experienced an intrauterine fe...
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Introduction and objectives: When a baby dies during pregnancy or shortly after birth it can be devastating for women and their families. In Spain, perinatal bereavement care is a relatively new concept and there is a significant lack of information and research on practices in hospitals, women’s experiences of care, and the interactive processes t...
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Objectives: To investigate which objective (actions/interventions) and subjective (perceptions of care quality) outcomes of care following stillbirth or termination of pregnancy predict perceived care quality. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study using an anonymous online survey. The population was women who had experienced a stillbirth...
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This article explores the contexts, processes and motivations behind the administration of sedatives (minor tranquilisers) in the time around perinatal loss. Using a mixed methods design, an online survey of 796 women and 13 narrative interviews were conducted. The participants had experienced a stillbirth or termination of pregnancy from 16 weeks...
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Based on an ethnographic and mixed-methods research design, the article explores the social and interactive processes of disenfranchisement of perinatal grief through the mechanisms of silence, silencing and self-censorship in encounters between bereaved women and the social milieu. The analysis finds that disenfranchisement results from the constr...
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Background: Despite progress, stillbirth rates in many high- and upper-middle income countries remain high, and the majority of these deaths are preventable. We introduce the Ending Preventable Stillbirths (EPS) Scorecard for High- and Upper Middle-Income Countries, a tool to track progress against the Lancet's 2016 EPS Series Call to Action, fost...
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Background Stillbirth, the death of a baby before birth, is associated with significant psychological and social consequences that can be mitigated by respectful and supportive bereavement care. The absence of high‐level evidence to support the broad scope of perinatal bereavement practices means that offering a range of options identified as valu...
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Over the last decade, the rise of peer-to-peer online markets has become a major sociocultural and economic phenomena and been described as a collaborative or sharing economy. However, understanding their impact has been mired in controversy and disagreement. Proponents of the sharing economy hail its potential to be a panacea for many of the world...
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Este informe es el primer estudio español de índole nacional que presenta resultados sobre la calidad de la atención sanitaria en casos de muerte intrauterina. Analiza las respuestas en base a las vivencias de 796 mujeres cuyos bebés fallecieron intraútero de manera súbita o tras la interrupción del embarazo por motivos médicos. Además de una intro...
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Introducción: El principal foco de la atención al duelo perinatal recae en el apoyo a la mujer y su familia desde la comprensión del significado que tiene la pérdida o la muerte para ellos, sus creencias y circunstancias. El objetivo principal es potenciar su autonomía y apoyarles en la toma de decisiones. Para lograrlo es necesario que reciban inf...
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Introducción: La posibilidad de contacto post mortem (ver, sostener en brazos, vestir, velar, etc.) con el/la bebé después del parto es una práctica que se le debería facilitar a las madres, a sus parejas y a sus familias porque les permite afrontar el duelo mediante rituales compartidos, reafirmar su identidad y superar aspectos tóxicos de la muer...
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Introducción: Tras una muerte intrauterina, se recomienda facilitar a madres y padres la conservación de recuerdos físicos y de fotografías del bebé fallecido. Esta práctica deriva del reconocimiento de los beneficios que estos objetos pueden tener en el proceso de duelo ya que los dolientes suelen otorgarles mucho valor.. Se investigan las práctic...
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Introducción: Después de la muerte intrauterina, las mujeres y sus parejas deberían tener la opción de decidir sobre el destino final del cuerpo de su bebé independientemente de la edad gestacional. Ignorar dónde y cómo ha sido la disposición puede generar ansiedad y tener un impacto negativo en el duelo. Es necesaria información adecuada sobre los...
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Introducción: Para una mujer embarazada y su pareja, el diagnóstico de una muerte intrauterina o de anomalías fetales severas limitantes de vida suele ser devastadora y conllevar sentimientos de shock y confusión. Una buena atención en estos momentos puede ayudar a reducir estos sentimientos y a construir una relación de confianza y una comunicació...
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Introducción: Saber y confirmar la causa de la muerte en casos de muerte intrauterina o interrupción del embarazo por motivos médicos es importante para las mujeres y sus parejas, tanto a nivel psicosocial como clínico. Asimismo, es importante por el control de calidad de la asistencia sanitaria y los esfuerzos por reducir la tasa de mortalidad. La...
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Introducción: La provisión de información basada en la evidencia y la autonomía en la toma de decisiones sobre el proceso y el tipo de parto son aspectos fundamentales de la atención en casos de muerte intrauterina. Se recomienda el parto vaginal porque la cesárea está asociada con la morbilidad a corto y a largo plazo. Sin embargo, la decisión fin...
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Introducción: No existe evidencia científica que respalde la administración de sedantes (en forma de anestesia, analgésicos opiáceos o ansiolíticos) en el contexto de la atención sanitaria tras la muerte intrauterina. Se recomienda evitar su uso porque se piensa que interfiere con el proceso de duelo. Sin embargo, varios estudios señalan que es una...
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El duelo es una reacción normal ante la pérdida de un ser querido. En gran medida se expresa en interacciones cotidianas, como el hablar y el compartir historias, o formalmente mediante rituales que otorgan al fallecido y a los dolientes un estatus social que señala su derecho a estar en duelo. Para muchas mujeres y sus parejas, la muerte de un beb...
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La práctica Católica de enterrar en tierras no sagradas a los bebés nacidos muertos y no bautizados tenía su origen en las normas de la iglesia de la edad media. Al no ser purificados del pecado original no fueron capaces de salir del limbo. Por otra parte, los bebés bautizados ocupaban un lugar especial en la ideología de iglesia, porque al ser re...
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Objective: To assess the frequency of additional care, and parents' perceptions of quality, respectful care, in pregnancies subsequent to stillbirth. Design: Multi-language web-based survey. Setting: International. Population: A total of 2716 parents, from 40 high- and middle-income countries. Methods: Data were obtained from a broader sur...
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Although still embryonic, collaborative consumption and the sharing economy have become social and economic phenomena in just a few short years, yet there is little consensus on how to define them. The current classificatory schema or typologies of platforms have some weaknesses. Sectoral classifications, technological functionality, and discursive...
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This study takes the body (of mother and child), the technoscientific hospital landscape and professional ritual as the locus of an endeavour to understand the embodied experience of perinatal death, in order to better comprehend how alternate understandings and ontologies of motherhood, personhood and bereavement emerge during care enactments. Gro...
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Variation in stillbirth rates across high-income countries and large equity gaps within high-income countries persist. If all high-income countries achieved stillbirth rates equal to the best performing countries, 19 439 late gestation (28 weeks or more) stillbirths could have been avoided in 2015. The proportion of unexplained stillbirths is high...
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This study takes the body (of mother and child), the technoscientific hospital landscape and professional ritual as the locus of an endeavour to understand the embodied experience of perinatal death, in order to better comprehend how alternate understandings and ontologies of motherhood, personhood and bereavement emerge during care enactments. Gro...
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The main question for consideration in this paper relates to the functional prerequisites for the construction of the so-called ‘digital family’ in the Spanish context. Taking inspiration from Burman’s (1994; 2008) work we start from two assumptions. Firstly, we assume that representations of children and families are important in terms of power an...

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