ArticleJournal of the Intensive Care Society2021
Bereavement in critical care: A narrative review and practice exploration of current provision of support services and future challenges.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- European Society of Intensive Care Medicine guidelines on end of life and palliative care in the intensive care unit.Intensive care medicine · 2024Guideline
- Risk factors for complicated grief among family members bereaved in intensive care unit settings: A systematic review.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- Bereavement care practices: A national survey of Australian paediatric intensive care units.Critical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine · 2026Article
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- Utilising Palliative Care Expertise in Critically Ill Patients: Opportunities to Improve Outcomes and Experiences.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Supporting the bereaved child in the adult ICU: a narrative review.Intensive care medicine · 2025Review
- Communication with bereaved family members after death in the ICU: the CATHARTIC randomised clinical trial.Critical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine · 2022Article
- Understanding the Intensive Care Unit Experience of Patients and Relatives at the End-of-Life During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.Journal of patient experience · 2022Article
- End-of-life decisions and practices as viewed by health professionals in pediatric critical care: A European survey study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Phone follow up to families of COVID-19 patients who died at the hospital: families' grief reactions and clinical psychologists' roles.International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie · 2021Article
- Availability and Quality of Grief and Bereavement Care in Pediatric Intensive Care Units Around the World, Opportunities for Improvement.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
This special article outlines the background to bereavement in critical care and scopes the current provision and evidence for bereavement support following death in critical care. Co-authored by a family member and former critical care patient, we aim to draw out the current challenges and think about how and where support can be implemented along the bereavement pathway. We draw on the literature to examine different trajectories of dying in critical care and explore how these might impact bereavement, highlighting important points and risk factors for complicated grief. We present graphic representation of the critical junctures for bereavement in critical care. Adjustment disorders around grief are explored and the consequences for families, including the existing evidence base. Finally, we propose new areas for research in this field.
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