The disturbing truth is that following the loss of someone significant in their lives, those who
struggle, those who may benefit from professional support the most, are often the ones who …

Background: Bereavement support is a key component of palliative care, with different types
of support recommended according to need. Previous reviews have typically focused on …

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 …

How do we cope when someone close to us has died? Suddenly the child we have loved
and nurtured so adoringly has at the age of 20, so full of life and promise for the future, been …

Family caregivers are often considered the unit of care in hospice and palliative medicine,
making the grief of caregivers before and after the death—what we term “caregrieving”—a …

IN THIS ISSUE* we look broadly at the experience of bereavement and at how health care
professionals might respond. In doing so, this framework implicitly expands the population …

Working With the Bereaved summarizes the major themes in bereavement research and
clinical work and uses the authors' own cutting-edge research to show mental-health …

This editorial is written for you, for me, for all of us. It's for our parents and our children, our
spouses, partners, friends, families, and neighbors. It's for our patients and colleagues and …

Objective: Caregiving partners constitute a unique group, who provide both physical and
emotional care for patients. There has been extensive research conducted on caregivers …