Objective This integrative review explores current published literature examining grief
experiences of nurses who work in hospital settings after the death of a patient in their care …

This article discusses health professionals use of protocol in the breaking of bad news,
focusing particularly on the well-known SPIKES framework. The evidence of impact on the …

Background: Studies on nurses' attitudes to caring for terminally ill patients indicate that
death and dying create fears and anxieties for health-care providers. Aim: To identify nurses' …

The overall aim of the book is to provide a clearly written, wellinformed introduction to the
complex and demanding subject of grief to serve as a foundation for further study and …

Formal caregivers of people with dementia may experience ambiguous loss due to the
psychological loss of care recipients before their physical death. They may also experience …

Background We define perinatal loss or death as the unintended ending of a pregnancy at
any time before or during birth, or death of a newborn in the first month after birth. In spite of …

Attitudes towards death are shaped by our social worlds. This book explores how beliefs,
practices and representations of dying and death continue to evolve and adapt in response …

Disenfranchised grief can be defined as a loss that is not openly acknowledged or a
mourning process not recognized socially after a loss. One can also self-disenfranchise as …

Objectives Care provision to patients with cancer can cause varying levels of grief for
oncology nurses. Grief in turn significantly affects nurses' personal and professional life …

Background Professional caregivers bereave after patients' deaths. Such bereavement can
exert considerable influences on huge numbers of professional caregivers and their clients …