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Most bereaved people do not require specialist intervention, yet building community capacity in providing bereavement support is underdeveloped. While family caregivers indicate a need for more information about bereavement, there is little evidence to guide what this information might contain.

The study’s purpose was to inform bereavement support by determining the advice people bereaved through expected deaths in palliative care have for others in that situation.

Four funeral providers posted a questionnaire to previous clients who had used their services 6 to 24 months prior and 678 bereaved people responded.

The sample size for this study comprised 265 bereaved people whose relative used palliative care services.

The questionnaire comprised 82 questions about caregiving, bereavement support, current bereavement-related distress, and 2 …