New evidence for anticipatory grief.
This exploratory study was designed to learn more about the needs of the survivors of hospice patients. A transitions framework is proposed as a way to conceptualize both hospice care and anticipatory grief, and a new clinical tool--the 10-Mile Mourning Bridge--is presented for survivors' assessments of their progress in bereavement. Survivors perceived that the routine pre-death work of the hospice team had a positive impact on their subsequent well-being in bereavement.
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D001601:Bereavement; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006738:Hospices; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012647:Self-Assessment