As A Mother With COVID-19, I Faced Stigma And Shame
1Sara N. Edmond (sara.edmond@yale.edu) is a clinical psychologist in the Pain Research, Informatics, Multi-morbidities, and Education (PRIME) Center of Innovation at the Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, in West Haven, Connecticut, and an associate research scientist in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, in New Haven, Connecticut. The author thanks her family for granting permission to publish this information and colleagues who provided encouragement and editorial input.
Abstract:
A positive COVID-19 test shortly before birth upends a mother's birth experience and brings suspicion from her providers.
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