title: Life after death: a practical approach to grief and bereavement.
abstract: This consensus paper describes the essential skills that clinicians need to help persons who are experiencing grief after the death of a loved one. Four aspects of the grieving process are reviewed: anticipatory grief, acute grief, normal grief reactions, and complicated grief. Techniques for assessment and recommendations about interventions and indications for referral are provided for each aspect.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, Institute on Aging, 3615 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Casarett
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kutner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Abrahm
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003643:Death; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012944:Social Support