PLIDA has created Position Statements that promote the highest standard of supportive care for bereaved parents.

PLIDA Position Statements advocate for parents’ emotional needs and the provision of compassionate, relationship-based care. Use them to increase awareness, educate people, inform policy, sustain supportive programs, or encourage change. Please print, copy, and distribute.

If you have a suggestion for a topic you would like to see, please email info@plida.org

Available Position Statements
Infection risks are insignificant for bereaved parents who have close contact with their deceased baby’s body.

When bereaved parents hold their baby’s body for any length of time after death, there is little or no impact on postmortem pathology studies.

Bereaved parents have the right to decide whether, when, and how to spend time holding their baby.

When offering the baby to bereaved parents, the health care provider should engage them in ongoing conversations about their feelings and ideas, and respond to their unique needs.

Pending Position Statement Topics
Condition of deceased baby’s body
Bereavement photographs for parents