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Bereavement support standards and bereavement care pathway for quality palliative care
Bereavement support standards and bereavement care pathway for quality palliative care
- Source :
- Palliativesupportive care. 16(4)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Objective:Provision of bereavement support is an essential component of palliative care service delivery. While bereavement support is integral to palliative care, it is typically insufficiently resourced, under-researched, and not systematically applied. Our aim was to develop bereavement standards to assist palliative care services to provide targeted support to family caregivers.Method:We employed a multiple-methods design for our study, which included: (1) a literature review, (2) a survey of palliative care service providers in Australia, (3) interviews with national (Australian) and international experts, (4) key stakeholder workshops, and (5) a modified Delphi-type survey.Results:A total of 10 standards were developed along with a pragmatic care pathway to assist palliative care services with implementation of the standards.Significance of results:The bereavement standards and care pathway constitute a key initiative in the evolution of bereavement support provided by palliative care services. Future endeavors should refine and examine the impact of these standards. Additional research is required to enhance systematic approaches to quality bereavement care.
- Subjects :
- Palliative care
Service delivery framework
media_common.quotation_subject
03 medical and health sciences
Social support
0302 clinical medicine
Nursing
Surveys and Questionnaires
Medicine
Humans
Quality (business)
Family
030212 general & internal medicine
Bereavement Care
Program Development
General Nursing
media_common
Quality of Health Care
business.industry
Family caregivers
Palliative Care
Stakeholder
Australia
Social Support
General Medicine
Service provider
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
business
Bereavement
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14789523 and 14789515
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Palliativesupportive care
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a5aa410a65e87ea0f3ce5a707d62bb39