title: Complications of complicated grief in renal failure.
abstract: This paper sets out to bring together recurrent themes in the understanding and care of patients with Chronic/End Stage Renal Failure centering on the key issue of loss. A multi-disciplinary conceptual framework is proposed based on three perspectives--Systemic, Existential and Narrative. The integrated framework for understanding the complexity of grief issues for dialysis and pre-dialysis patients focuses on the perception of self and the inter-relationship with others directly involved in their care.
authors.affiliation: Royal Sussex County Hospital, East Sussex, England.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Harvey
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D005086:Existentialism; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000523:psychology*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012649:Self Concept