Despite all the investment in research, uncertainty persists in anticipatory grief (AG)
literature, concerning its nuclear characteristics and definition. This review aimed to …

Background: Research has extensively examined family members' grief prior to the death of
an individual with a life-limiting illness but several inconsistencies in its conceptualization of …

Background: Strong family bonds are part of the Indonesian culture. Family members of
patients with cancer are intensively involved in caring, also in hospitals. This is considered …

The end-of-life trajectory of cancer patients in palliative care (PC) elicits an anticipatory grief
(AG) process in family caregivers (FCs). Although widely recognized, AG lacks conceptual …

Introduction: The recovery approach aims to have users' perspectives at the heart of service
development and research; it is a holistic perspective that considers social needs, personal …

Background: Informal, unpaid caregivers shoulder much of the care burden for individuals
with serious illness. As part of a project to create an innovative model of supportive care for …

Objective Nonphysical suffering is emotional, psychological, existential, spiritual, and/or
social in nature. While palliative care is a discipline dedicated to the prevention and relief of …

Anticipatory grief (AG) has been studied, debated, and written about for several decades.
This type of grief is also recognized in hospice and palliative care (HPC). The question …

Objective To explore the interrelationship between post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS),
illness uncertainty (IU), and anticipatory grief (AG). Methods Structural equation modeling …

The dilemma so central to the work of providers of palliative and end-of-life care is the
paradox of their professional and ethical duty to try to relieve suffering and the limitations of …