Biography

 photo Paul Ramsey

Pat Schwiebert, a registered Nurse has been working in the area of bereavement for over 25 years.  Her teachers have been ordinary persons who were grieving the loss of special people in their lives and who taught her as she walked alongside them in their sorrow.  Pat shares a hospice ministry with her husband John and others in a large household in Portland, Oregon.  In Pat's words, "This is a place where dying friends teach us how to live, while we teach them how to die."  

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PUBLICATIONS

Positive Points For New Parents, handbook for new parents given upon discharge from hospital.

EDITOR, "Stork Report". in house OB GYN newsletter, OHSU, 1979 -1986

When Hello Means Goodbye, a guide for parents whose child dies at birth or shortly after, Co-author 1980. revised 1985, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998

Still to be Born, Co- Author, 1986, revision 1989

Obstetrics: Psychological and Psychiatric Syndromes, Chapter 17 Perinatal Grief and Mourning, co-author, 1991.

Momma. for parents of infant loss to grieve and heal by . audiotape and workbook, author, 1992.

Thoughts along the Way, compiled and edited, 1992.

Memory Album, a 65 page diary for healing after loss, 1993

A Grandparents Sorrow, author, 1996

Strong and Tender, a book for fathers who have experienced the death of their baby,  author, 1997

Too Soon A Memory, a book for parents experiencing miscarriage, author, released, Spring 1999

Tear Soup, a book for healing after loss, author, released Fall 1999

PRODUCTIONS

"Burnside Story" (new edition) Slide-sync, tape show 22 min.  Producer, Director, 1985 revised 1989

"The Public Health Nurse and the New Mom", video tape production, Producer, 1978

CO-PRODUCER, weekly radio program, "Religion and Life" on KBOO 90.7, FM, 1980-1987

"Birth of a Family", multi media slide presentation, Producer, 1979

"Children Only Die When We Forget Them", Producer, 16mm film, 1981

"Mammary Glands", Producer, slide show, 1981

 Adel Bed Promotional, video tape, consultant, writer, 1983

"Still to be Born", 30 min. video, Producer, 1986

"A Look At The First year Of Grief After A Baby Dies", Producer, 1989 (1 hr video of bereaved family at 1 mo/4 mo/1 yr.)

"But I Didn't Surrender My Love," 25 min. video, Producer, 1989 (video about grief experienced by birth parents after relinquishing their children)

"Operation Night Watch", 15 min video, Producer, 1991

"For the Love of our Family" 58 min. video, Producer, 1997(video for parents making decisions after receiving unfavorable new following prenatal testing)

"Momma" 4 min. video, Producer, 1998 ( to introduce the topic of Perinatal Loss)