A literature review on bereavement and bereavement care
Developing evidence-based practice in Scotland
Abstract
ABSTRACTThis paper reports on a systematic literature review of bereavement and bereavement care commissioned in Scotland to assist the development of policy and practice there. The review identified and appraised papers from a range of health and social care settings in which bereavement care b a feature, such as acute, hospice- and hospital-based care including neonatal and obstetric, community and primary care, mental health and learning disability services, and care of older people, families and children. Specific types of death were also reviewed, eg traumatic and from (tiseases such as HIV/AIDS. Key messages for each setting and type were identified and overall themes were drawn out which cut across at settings and types. These, it is proposed, represent important features of bereavement and bereavement care which, if acknowledged and addressed, could enhance services.
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