Article Commentary: Grief and Palliative Care: Mutuality

Grief and palliative care are interrelated and perhaps mutually inclusive. Conceptually and practically, grief intimately relates to palliative care, as both domains regard the phenomena of loss, suffering, and a desire for abatement of pain burden. Moreover, the notions of palliative care and grief...

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Published inPalliative care (Auckland, N.Z.) Vol. 7
Main Author Moon, Paul J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2013
SAGE Publishing
Subjects
bereavement
hospice
complementary
palliative care
suffering
grief
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Summary:Grief and palliative care are interrelated and perhaps mutually inclusive. Conceptually and practically, grief intimately relates to palliative care, as both domains regard the phenomena of loss, suffering, and a desire for abatement of pain burden. Moreover, the notions of palliative care and grief may be construed as being mutually inclusive in terms of one cueing the other. As such, the discussions in this article will center on the conceptualizations of the mutuality between grief and palliative care related to end-of-life circumstances. Specifically, the complementarity of grief and palliative care, as well as a controvertible view thereof, will be considered.
ISSN:1178-2242
1178-2242
DOI:10.4137/PCRT.S10890