Grief
Research Network
Grief
and Bereavement Research Journals
Grief
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Grief
and Bereavement Research Journals
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Death
Studies (U.S.)
Editor: Prof. Robert A. Neimeyer
Published
eight times each year, this acclaimed journal provides refereed
papers on significant research and practical
approaches in the fast growing areas of bereavement and loss,
grief therapy, death attitudes, suicide, and death education.
It provides an international interdisciplinary forum in which
a variety of professionals share results of research and practice,
with the aim of better understanding the human encounter with
death and assisting those who work with the dying and their
families.
ISSN Print 0748-1187
ISSN Online 1091-7683
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to the journal contents alerting service and see the index
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Omega-Journal
of Death and Dying (U.S.)
Editor: Prof. Kenneth J. Doka
This Journal brings insight into terminal illness; the process
of dying, bereavement, mourning, funeral customs, suicide. Fresh,
lucid, responsible contributions from knowledgeable professionals
in universities, hospitals, clinics, aged care facilities, suicide
prevention centres, funeral directors and others, concerned with
thanatology
and the impact of death on individuals and the community.
Omega is a rigorously peer-refereed journal. Drawing significant
contributions from the fields of psychology, sociology, medicine,
anthropology, law, education, history and literature.
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Bereavement
Care (U.K)
Editors: Dr
Colin Murray Parkes, Dr Dora Black and Dr Martin Newman, David
Trickey & Anne Viney
An international
journal published three times a year by Cruse
Bereavement Care in the U.K., the leading charity in the
U.K. specialising in bereavement. Cruse currently have
178 branches and over 6,300 volunteers throughout the U.K. Over
100,000 people contact Cruse each year for help and information.
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Grief Matters: The Australian
Journal of Grief and Bereavement (Australia)
Advisory Editors: Prof. Ernest Hunter, Dr. Geoffrey Glassock, Christopher
Hall, Prof. David Kissane, Dr. Jane McKendrick, Dr. Michael Stevens
and Pat Swan
Published by the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement this peer reviewed
journal is published three times a year and publishes work that
encompasses
both academic
and applied aspects of grief and bereavement.
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Grief
and Bereavement Research Internet Links
The National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care (NCP)
The NCP is a groundbreaking initiative that aims to
improve the delivery of palliative care in the United States. The
project is a response
to the need for uniformly accepted definitions of the essential elements
and best practices in palliative care. The project created
voluntary consensus Clinical Practice Guidelines for the establishment and development
of clinical palliative care programs across the United States. The report addresses:
Structure and Processes of Care
Physical Aspects of Care
Psychological
and Psychiatric Aspects of Care
Social Aspects of Care
Spiritual, Religious and Existential Aspects
of Care
Cultural Aspects of Care
Care of the Imminently Dying Patient
Ethical and Legal Aspects of
Care
National
Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) Clinical Guidance on
Supportive and Palliative Care
NICE has issued its clinical guidance on supportive and palliative
care for adults with cancer to the NHS in England and Wales. Clinical
guidelines are recommendations on the appropriate treatment and care
of people with specific diseases and conditions within the NHS in England
and Wales. A number of publications are available in PDF format, including:
Improving Supportive and Palliative Care for Adults with Cancer -
the Manual
The manual contains recommendations for the NHS in England and Wales.
It can be reproduced for educational and not-for-profit purposes within
the NHS.
Improving Supportive and Palliative Care for
Adults with Cancer - Economic review
Evidence-based Guidance has been developed to define optimal service models
to ensure that patients with cancer, their families and other carers receive
high
quality support to help them to cope with cancer and its treatment. This document
explored the economic implications of the guidance.
Improving Supportive and Palliative Care for Adults with Cancer - Research evidence
This manual comprises the research evidence identified, generated and appraised
in the review to date. The methods of review followed those of standard systematic
reviews, and were based on those used in the generation of evidence for the
Clinical Outcomes Guidance in Cancer, married with those of the National Institute
of
Clinical Excellence and the Cochrane Collaboration.
A
Report on Bereavement and Grief Research
The U.S. based
Center for the Advancement of Health has released the findings of
a three-year study, A Report on Bereavement and Grief Research. Funded
by a grant from the Project on Death in America, the project examined
the field of grief and bereavement with the ultimate goal of improving
the care provided to grieving people. The comprehensive report may
be downloaded at http://www.cfah.org/pdfs/griefreport.pdf [Last
updated 11.12.2003]
Grief
and Bereavement - Literature review
Published by the Center for Gerontology
and Health Care Research this summary is the result of a search
of the Medline, Cancerlit, and PsychInfo databases with the search
terms
bereavement
and
grief in combination with
any
of the
following:
(assessment, audit, outcome, measurement, interview, questionnaire, survey,
or scale) and (palliative care, terminally ill, or terminal care). In addition,
the authors selected references from the methods sections of the articles
reviewed, and searched an online catalogue for relevant books. [Last updated
01/09/2000]
Adapting to bereavement
The web page of
Torill Christine Lindstrøm, Associate Professor, Section of Nursing
Science, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, Section
of Nursing Science, University of Bergen where she presents her thesis
"Good grief" - Adapting to bereavement. She explores
Stress, Activation, Coping, and Health, Bereavement as Stressor, defines
Grief and Bereavement and the role of Gender. The paper has an extensive
treatment of methodology, analysis and discussion. [Last updated 27.01.2000]
Future
developments will include a web based directory of researchers
and their interests
and additional links to research related web sites. If you
know of any useful grief and bereavement research sites on the web
please let us know.
