Immediate Coping Mechanisms After going over the expected stages of grief it is important to identify the coping mechanisms that parents can use to cope as well as coping mechanisms that the parents are using and may not even know. According Heazell, Siassakos, Blencowe, Burden, Bhutta, Cacciatore, Downe (2016), “there are 5 support elements: tangible, emotional, esteem, informational, and network and belonging” when dealing with perinatal loss (p.611). First and foremost, it is important for the medical staff to handle the situation appropriately. This includes all 5 support elements. According to Dubenetzky (2017), “Displaying empathy by the healthcare staff is imperative for the grieving parents because it recognizes and validates the
