Shidu (bereavement)

Shidu
Shidu
Simplified Chinese	失独
Traditional Chinese	失獨
Literal meaning	bereavement of the only [child]
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shīdú

Shidu (Chinese: 失独) is a phenomenon denoting the loss of a parent's only child. The parents who have lost their only child are known as shidu fumu (Chinese: 失独父母),^[1]^[2] or simply as shidu parents^[3] or shiduers.^[4]

^ Li, Qian (20 December 2013). "Despair turns to joy for a mother at 60". Shanghai Daily.
^ Wei, Yan; Jiang, Quanbao; Gietel-Basten, Stuart (14 June 2015). "The well-being of bereaved parents in an only-child society". Death Studies. 40 (1): 22–31. doi:10.1080/07481187.2015.1056563. PMID 26073691. S2CID 43395061.
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^ Zheng, Yongqiang; Lawson, Thomas R. (October 2015). "Identity reconstruction as shiduers: Narratives from Chinese older adults who lost their only child". International Journal of Social Welfare. 24 (4): 399–406. doi:10.1111/ijsw.12139.

[liqdesjo-1] Li, Qian (20 December 2013). "Despair turns to joy for a mother at 60". Shanghai Daily.

[wejigi-2] Wei, Yan; Jiang, Quanbao; Gietel-Basten, Stuart (14 June 2015). "The well-being of bereaved parents in an only-child society". Death Studies. 40 (1): 22–31. doi:10.1080/07481187.2015.1056563. PMID 26073691. S2CID 43395061.

[phys-ment-18-3] Cite error: The named reference phys-ment-18 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] Zheng, Yongqiang; Lawson, Thomas R. (October 2015). "Identity reconstruction as shiduers: Narratives from Chinese older adults who lost their only child". International Journal of Social Welfare. 24 (4): 399–406. doi:10.1111/ijsw.12139.

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