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Peer reviewedFleming, Stephen; Brown, Isabel – Gerontologist, 1983
Assessed the impact of a death education program for nursing staff (N=130) of a long-term care institution. Analysis of nurses' chart entries (problem-oriented record format-POR) revealed a statistically significant increase from pre- to post-course in charting of patients' subjective state. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Death, Emotional Adjustment, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship
Peer reviewedSouter, Susan J.; Moore, Timothy E. – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1990
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…
Descriptors: Bereavement, Cancer, Death, Emotional Adjustment
Peer reviewedHopmeyer, Estelle; Werk, Annette – Death Studies, 1994
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…
Descriptors: Bereavement, Cancer, Comparative Analysis, Death
