Those of you who regularly read my Consumer Correspondent column in this Journal will know that I am a vociferous advocate for medical treatments being paired with, and so underpinned by, emotional support. Rarely, perhaps, is this underpinning more necessary than when the medical procedures of labour and aftercare are set in the context of the baby having died.

It was therefore with some trepidation that I approached the task of reviewing the above-named book. Would it only deal with …