Grief support changes as more is learned from current grief theory and research. The
authors provide a comprehensive overview of current grief support as it relates to Pediatric …

The death of an infant is devastating, and the grief that surrounds the loss is a journey.
Healthcare professionals often struggle to accept that death is inevitable and families often …

Parents who experience the loss of a child have unique and valuable insights into the grief
journey and can help health care providers identify key components intrinsic to the …

When a child dies, the circle of adults who are affected in some way is indeed large.
Although parents are the adults most centrally affected, grandparents, other relatives, church …

For anyone who has ever lost a loved one, you know too well the devastation and raw
emotions that can accompany the grief process. Now imagine you are 3, 7, 13, or 17 years of …

There is no pain like the pain of grief. It affects every facet of one's personhood. One's entire
being-physically, emotionally, socially, spiritually, cognitively and behaviorally-is touched …

Grief is one's response to loss. Each person's expression of grief is unique and influenced
by factors such as age, culture, and previous exposure to loss. Whether or not children …

Children grieve differently than adults. They often grieve in spurts and can regrieve at new
developmental stages as their understanding of death and perceptions of the world change …

The World Health Organization suggests that palliative care needs to offer a support system
to the family during the patient's illness as well as during his/her bereavement. Bereavement …

Children grieve differently than adults. Although the unit of care in hospice is the patient and
family, emphasis is often on the grown members of the family and the anticipatory grief and …