Table 1 Recruitment and data collection process – Focus 1

 1. Framework programs and practice statements

 2. Protocols and data collection guidelines

 3. Medical charts (N: 200)

1. All documents

2. All documents

3. Charts randomly selected by archivist (N: 40/establishment)

3. Chart analysis grid:

a. sociodemographic data

b. gestational status

c. triage score

d. resources mobilized (e.g. blood tests, ultrasounds, medication, etc.)

e. organizational structures (e.g. waiting time, length of stay, number of admissions and readmissions, etc.)

 N: 200 emergency services practitioners

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a. Sociodemographic data

b. Families’ Importance in Nursing Care scale [33]

c. Self-efficacy at Work Scale [34]

d. Attitudes to Perinatal Bereavement Care Scale [35]

e. Organizational structure for providing care to couples experiencing a miscarriage (grid based on the documentary analysis)

 N: 75 emergency service practitioners and managers

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Interview guide based on the narrative approach [36, 37]