A review and critique of two journal articles: "Emotional Distress and Prenatal Attachment in Pregnancy After Perinatal Loss" by Deborah Smith Armstrong, and "The Experience of Italians Caring for Family Members with Alzheimer's Disease" by Ercole Vellone, Julita Sansoni, and Marlene Zichi Cohen. Both were published in The Journal of Nursing Scholarship, Fourth Quarter, 2002.