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Bereavement Support

Bereavement Support is a structured set of psychosocial, spiritual, and practical interventions provided by trained professionals to individuals, families, and caregivers following the death of a significant other, with the specific purpose of facilitating adaptive grief processes, mitigating adverse mental health and social outcomes, and promoting functional adjustment within end-of-life, hospice, and palliative care contexts.

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Mourning and Melancholia

S. Freud · The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease · 1922 · 3.3K citations

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Associations Between End-of-Life Discussions, Patient Mental Health, Medical Care Near Death, and Caregiver Bereavement Adjustment

Alexi A. Wright · JAMA · 2008 · 2.8K citations

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Disenfranchised grief: recognizing hidden sorrow

Choice Reviews Online · 1990 · 918 citations

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Place of Death: Correlations With Quality of Life of Patients With Cancer and Predictors of Bereaved Caregivers' Mental Health

Alexi A. Wright, Nancy L. Keating, Tracy A. Balboni et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2010 · 790 citations

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Palliative Care for Children

PEDIATRICS · 2000 · 663 citations

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  1. HG
    Holly G. Prigerson

    Cornell University, United States

    22 publications · 2.5K citations

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  2. SA
    Samar Aoun

    Curtin University, Australia

    23 publications · 1.5K citations

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  3. SP
    Sheila Payne

    Lancaster University, United Kingdom

    24 publications · 891 citations

    18

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  4. TM
    Tatsuya Morita

    Seirei Mikatabara General Hospital, Japan

    22 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. LJ
    Lauren J. Breen

    Curtin University, Australia

    20 publications · 1.5K citations

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Institutions

1.9K

  1. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    24 h-index

    71 publications

    7.9K citations

  2. La Trobe University

    Melbourne, Australia

    22 h-index

    44 publications

    2K citations

  3. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    21 h-index

    71 publications

    4.6K citations

  4. Curtin University

    Perth, Australia

    21 h-index

    65 publications

    4.6K citations

  5. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    20 h-index

    52 publications

    2.7K citations

  6. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, United States

    20 h-index

    55 publications

    10K citations

  7. University of Memphis

    Memphis, United States

    19 h-index

    45 publications

    2.8K citations

  8. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    19 h-index

    64 publications

    2.8K citations

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  1. Death Studies

    187 publications · 7.8K citations

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  2. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying

    153 publications · 5.5K citations

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  3. Palliative Medicine

    57 publications · 3.3K citations

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 82 publications · 2.6K citations

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  5. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

    35 publications · 3.1K citations

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