Group bereavement support for spouses who are grieving the loss of a partner to cancer Journal Article
| Author: | Schneider, R. M. |
| Article Title: | Group bereavement support for spouses who are grieving the loss of a partner to cancer |
| Abstract: | This paper describes how a time-limited, closed bereavement support group for spouses and significant others was developed at a large, urban cancer center that had not had any formalized bereavement program for some time. This group was created in an attempt to reach out to people who were experiencing the appropriately difficult responses to grief after the loss of a loved one. This paper presents lessons and "best practices" derived from this experience, suggests standards for pre-group planning, and offers a glimpse of how a bereavement group can be especially beneficial to spouses within the first year of loss. Copyright © by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. |
| Keywords: | bereavement; beginnings; endings; group work in oncology setting; middles; mutual-aid; pre-group planning; spousal support group; time-limited group |
| Journal Title: | Social Work with Groups |
| Volume: | 29 |
| Issue: | 2-3 |
| ISSN: | 0160-9513 |
| Publisher: | Haworth Press Inc |
| Date Published: | 2006-08-31 |
| Start Page: | 259 |
| End Page: | 278 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1300/J009v29n02_17 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | --- - "Cited By (since 1996): 2" - "Export Date: 4 June 2012" - "Source: Scopus" |
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