Associations of death-preparedness states with bereavement outcomes for family caregivers of terminally ill cancer patients.
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DOI: 10.1002/pon.5827
Abstract: OBJECTIVE Death preparedness involves cognitive prognostic awareness and emotional acceptance of a relative's death. Effects of retrospectively assessed cognitive prognostic awareness and emotional preparedness for patient death have been individually investigated among bereaved family caregivers.… read more here.
Keywords: death; preparedness state; bereavement outcomes; preparedness states ... See more keywords
Effects of the Values and Options in Cancer Care Communication Intervention on Personal Caregiver Experiences of Cancer Care and Bereavement Outcomes.
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DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2019.0078
Abstract: Background: Care teams are increasingly expected to attend to the needs of patient's personal caregivers (e.g., family members). Improving communication among oncologists, patients with advanced cancer, and their personal caregivers might enhance caregivers' experiences of… read more here.
Keywords: cancer care; intervention; care bereavement; bereavement outcomes ... See more keywords
Bereavement Outcomes as Causal Systems: A Network Analysis of the Co-Occurrence of Complicated Grief and Posttraumatic Growth
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DOI: 10.1177/2167702618777454
Abstract: Bereavement can lead to negative outcomes such as complicated grief (CG), but some mourners with symptoms of CG often experience positive sequelae of loss such as posttraumatic growth (PTG) as well. We propose that grief… read more here.
Keywords: grief growth; network; complicated grief; posttraumatic growth ... See more keywords