Are Methodist Church bereavement ritual’s sufficient for its black African members?: A qualitative analysis of a church in Mamelodi, South Africa [PDF]
A phenomenon is observed during bereavement amongst the Methodists residing in Mamelodi, Pretoria. Families often seek the churches to be involved, and this normally entails offering pastoral care and leading Christian bereavement rituals. Ironically and
Rev. Jacob Mokhutso
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Peer-group support for bereaved children: a qualitative interview study [PDF]
Background: While it has been shown that bereaved children can experience emotional or behavioural problems, the evidence is inconclusive regarding which children would benefit from support and the kind of support to offer.
Black +22 more
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Identifying systems barriers that may prevent bereavement service access to bereaved carers: A report from an Australian specialist palliative care service [PDF]
Background: Bereavement follow up is an integral element of palliative care. However, little is known about the systems that link bereavement services with bereaved carers.
Currow, David +4 more
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Background Bereavement is the experience of an individual following the death of a person of significance to the individual, most often referring to the spouse.
Zhuo Chen +7 more
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The Emotional and Economic Costs of Bereavement in Health Care Settings
Research to date on grief and bereavement in health care providers has focused on those experiences from the perspective of the individual. We propose, however, that the emotional costs of bereavement in the health care setting are also health care ...
Janice L Genevro, Therese L Miller
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The Price of Sadness: Comparison between the Netherlands and South Africa
Bereavement can be a precipitating and perpetuating factor for various psychiatric injuries. However, the normal experience of bereavement also causes significant disruption and stress in an individual’s psychosocial functioning.
Andre Mukheibir, Gregory Mitchell
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Bereavement and marriage are associated with antibody response to influenza vaccination in the elderly [PDF]
Stressful life events exposure including bereavement, an event commonly experienced by elderly people, social support, marital status and satisfaction were examined in relation to antibody response to the annual trivalent influenza vaccination in an ...
Aiken +58 more
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The impact of staff training on the knowledge of support staff in relation to bereavement and people with an intellectual disability [PDF]
This study aimed to investigate whether a 1-day training course improved support staff knowledge about bereavement and grief in people with a learning disability. A questionnaire based, mixed design was used.
Bennett +43 more
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Continuing bonds with the living : bereaved parents’ narratives of their emotional relationship with their children [PDF]
© 2017 Cruse Bereavement Care.The death of a child can be seen as one of the most devastating experiences for parents which can result in a unique and enduring grief.
Nolte, Lizette +2 more
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EFFECTS OF MARITAL SATISFACTION AND RITUAL UTILITY ON BEREAVEMENT EXPERIENCE IN ABORTION
Objective: The present study analyzed the effects of the use and perceived usefulness of bereavement rituals and marital satisfaction on perinatal bereavement.
Catarina Meneses de Oliveira +4 more
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