Co-Ordination of Bereavement Care
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v1i2.9Keywords:
bereavement, service development, medical teamworkAbstract
The authors argues that someone, such as a bereavement co-ordinator, who can connect all the people and the processes involved in bereavement care, will improve health outcomes for bereaved relatives and carers and ensure that the current disjointed provision of bereavement care is ameliorated.
References
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REDFERN M, KEELING JW POWELL E. 2001The Royal Liverpool Children's Inquiry: Report. Available from: http://www.rlcinquiry.org.uk/download/chap1.pdf #search=%22Alder%20Hey%20enquiry%22 [Accessed 15/03/2011]
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STEPHEN AI, WIMPENNY P, UNWIN R, WORK F, MacDUFF C, DEMPSTER P, WILCOCK SE BROWN AM. 2009Bereavement and Bereavement Care; Consultation and Mapping of Practice (Phase 2) Joanna Briggs Collaborating Centre for Evidencebased Multi-professional Practice, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. http://www4.rgu.ac.uk/files/Pete%20Purple%20Fina l%20Report.pdf [Accessed 15/03/2011]
STEPHEN AI, WIMPENNY P, UNWIN R, WORK F, DEMPSTER P, MacDUFF C, WILCOCK SE BROWN A 2009 Bereavement and Bereavement Care in Health and Social Care: Provision and Practice in Scotland. Death Studies, 33(3); 239-261
WILES R, JARRETT N, PAYNE S FIELD D, 2002 Referrals for bereavement counselling in primary care: a qualitative study. Patient Education & Counselling, 48(1) pp. 79-85
WIMPENNY P, UNWIN R, DEMPSTER P, GRUNDY M, WORK F, BROWN A WILCOCK S 2007 A literature review on bereavement and bereavement care. Developing evidence-based practice in Scotland. Bereavement Care 26(1) 7-10
WIMPENNY P, UNWIN R, DEMPSTER P, GRUNDY M, WORK F, BROWN A, BUCHAN M, COPELAND S WILCOCK S., 2006. Literature review on bereavement and bereavement care. The Robert Gordon University. Available from: http://www.rgu.ac.uk/files/BereavementFinal.pdf [Accessed 15/03/2011]
DoH 2005 When a patient dies: Advice on developing bereavement services in the NHS. Available from: http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/12/21/93/041 22193.pdf [Accessed 15/03/2011]
KENNEDY I 2001 The report of the public enquiry into children's heart surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary 1984-1995. Available from: http://www.bristolinquiry.org.uk/final_report/the_report.pdf [Accessed 15/03/2011]
PARKES CM 2001 A historical overview of the scientific study of bereavement. In: Stroebe MS, Hansson RO, Stroebe W and Schut H, eds. Handbook of Bereavement Research: Consequences. Coping and Care. Washington: American Psychological Association.
REDFERN M, KEELING JW POWELL E. 2001The Royal Liverpool Children's Inquiry: Report. Available from: http://www.rlcinquiry.org.uk/download/chap1.pdf #search=%22Alder%20Hey%20enquiry%22 [Accessed 15/03/2011]
SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT HEALTH DIRECTORATE 2011 Shaping Bereavement Care: Consultation on A Framework for Action for Bereavement Care In NHS Scotland. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/10/ 21155042/2 [Accessed 15/03/2011]
STEPHEN AI, WIMPENNY P, UNWIN R, WORK F, MacDUFF C, DEMPSTER P, WILCOCK SE BROWN AM. 2009Bereavement and Bereavement Care; Consultation and Mapping of Practice (Phase 2) Joanna Briggs Collaborating Centre for Evidencebased Multi-professional Practice, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. http://www4.rgu.ac.uk/files/Pete%20Purple%20Fina l%20Report.pdf [Accessed 15/03/2011]
STEPHEN AI, WIMPENNY P, UNWIN R, WORK F, DEMPSTER P, MacDUFF C, WILCOCK SE BROWN A 2009 Bereavement and Bereavement Care in Health and Social Care: Provision and Practice in Scotland. Death Studies, 33(3); 239-261
WILES R, JARRETT N, PAYNE S FIELD D, 2002 Referrals for bereavement counselling in primary care: a qualitative study. Patient Education & Counselling, 48(1) pp. 79-85
WIMPENNY P, UNWIN R, DEMPSTER P, GRUNDY M, WORK F, BROWN A WILCOCK S 2007 A literature review on bereavement and bereavement care. Developing evidence-based practice in Scotland. Bereavement Care 26(1) 7-10
WIMPENNY P, UNWIN R, DEMPSTER P, GRUNDY M, WORK F, BROWN A, BUCHAN M, COPELAND S WILCOCK S., 2006. Literature review on bereavement and bereavement care. The Robert Gordon University. Available from: http://www.rgu.ac.uk/files/BereavementFinal.pdf [Accessed 15/03/2011]
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2013-04-24
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Wimpenny, P., Pretty, C., Russell, A., & Fraser, A. (2013). Co-Ordination of Bereavement Care. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, 14(1), 9-15. https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v1i2.9
