Evaluated efficacy of bereavement program for widowed persons. Experimental participants (N=25) were treatment group members; controls (N=25) were on group waiting list. All subjects were pretested and posttested with Texas Revised Inventory of Grief. Results showed no significant differences between groups on posttest scores. Recovery from grief…

Describes bereavement support program for survivors of cancer deaths developed by Riverdale Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. Presents detailed program evaluation which asked bereaved survivors who were program participants for one year to evaluate program aspects and facilitation of their grief by volunteers. Recommendations for expansion and…

Examined five bereavement support groups, three of which focused on widows, family survivors of suicide, and family survivors of death of family member by cancer. Members of three groups tended to report strong satisfaction with group experience. Reasons for joining group and most valuable aspects of group experience varied as function of group…