A review of palliative care policies and bereavement support practices in the United States,
Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, and Japan demonstrated 4 challenges: questions over …

Objective: Provision of bereavement support is an essential component of palliative care
service delivery. While bereavement support is integral to palliative care, it is typically …

In recent years there has been an increasing emphasis upon public health perspectives that
place palliative care in the context of end-of-life services across whole populations. There is …

Background: Palliative care standards and policies recommend that bereavement support
be provided to family caregivers, yet uncertainty surrounds whether support currently offered …

Background Standards for bereavement care propose that support should be matched to
risk and need. However, studies in many countries demonstrate that palliative care services …

The second edition of 'Guidance for bereavement needs assessment in palliative
care'provides an update to the first edition following an extensive action research project …

Objective: This scoping literature review, through finding and assessing researched
bereavement service outcomes, sought to determine the state of bereavement services …

Objective: To determine the prevalence, staffing, methods, timing and allocation of
bereavement programs in Australian palliative care services. Design: Questionnaire‐based …

Background Bereavement support is a core part of palliative care. However, the evidence
base is limited by a lack of consistency in the outcomes used to evaluate services and …

Background Palliative care standards advocate support for grieving caregivers, given that
some bereaved people fail to integrate their loss, experience ongoing emotional suffering …