Bereavement support for family caregivers: The gap between guidelines and practice in palliative care.

Standards for bereavement care propose that support should be matched to risk and need. However, studies in many countries demonstrate that palliative care services continue to adopt a generic approach in offering support to bereaved families.To identify patterns of bereavement support in palliative...

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Main Authors: Samar M Aoun, Bruce Rumbold, Denise Howting, Amanda Bolleter, Lauren J Breen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5627900?pdf=render

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