Releasing Placentas to Families: A Unified Recommendation From the Perinatal Committee of the Society for Pediatric Pathology

Authors :: Carreon, Chrystalle Katte
Ravishankar, Sanjita
Parast, Mana M.
Castro, Eumenia C.
Baergen, Rebecca N.
Bonasoni, Maria Paola
Cady, Francois M.
Comstock, Jessica M.
Ernst, Linda M.
Kostadinov, Stefan
Linn, Rebecca L.
Poulin, Alysa
Sarita-Reyes, Carmen D.
Zhang, Jie
Roberts, Drucilla J.
Source :: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. May, 2023, Vol. 147 Issue 5, p515, 3 p.
Publication Year :: 2023
Abstract: To the Editor.--As perinatal pathologists, we acknowledge that some families would like to take their placenta home with them from the hospital for various sociocultural and/or religious beliefs and practices [...]

Subjects :: Clinical pathology -- Ethical aspects
Placenta -- Health aspects
Hospitals -- Ethical aspects -- Management -- United States
Biological specimens -- Health aspects
Hospital patients -- Ethical aspects
Company business management
Health

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