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Hospice Disease Types Which Indicate a Greater Need for Bereavement Counseling

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: b.jones{at}hospiceofwky.org.

	Abstract

This article attempts to find a correlation between certain disease types and increased needs for bereavement services for survivors. Data were examined from those requesting increased bereavement services from a hospice provider in Kentucky, over a 2-year span. The survivors were then matched with the disease type of their loved one to see whether there was a connection between the two. Although limited in its scope and focus, the study revealed that patients surviving Alzheimer disease, lung cancer, and renal failure consistently (at least 50% of the time) required increased bereavement services after the death of their loved one. Other disease types indicated more erratic patterns for increased grief services.

First published on October 16, 2009
American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine® 2009, doi:10.1177/1049909109349248


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