Resolving anticipatory grief and enhancing dignity at the end-of life : a systematic review of palliative interventions

Anticipatory grief is the experience of grief symptomatology prior to loss. This study is a systematic review of empirical interventions or interventional components that were observed to lessen or adaptively direct the experience of anticipatory grief for patients at the end of life and their famil...

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Main Authors: Patinadan, Paul Victor, Tan-Ho, Geraldine, Choo, Ping Ying, Ho, Andy Hau Yan
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1538402023-03-05T15:35:21Z Resolving anticipatory grief and enhancing dignity at the end-of life : a systematic review of palliative interventions Patinadan, Paul Victor Tan-Ho, Geraldine Choo, Ping Ying Ho, Andy Hau Yan School of Social Sciences Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) Centre for Population Health Sciences Social sciences::Psychology Anticipatory Grief Dignity Anticipatory grief is the experience of grief symptomatology prior to loss. This study is a systematic review of empirical interventions or interventional components that were observed to lessen or adaptively direct the experience of anticipatory grief for patients at the end of life and their family members. A search of 5 major databases found 13,718 articles, of which 10 high-quality randomized controlled trials were included for final review. Lebow’s “adaptational tasks of anticipatory mourning” was employed as a working model on the efficacy of the interventions. The interventions exhibited some positive outcomes but none addressed anticipatory grief directly. Recommendations for future research are discussed. Ministry of Education (MOE) Submitted/Accepted version The study is funded by the Singapore Ministry of Education (MoE) Academic Research Fund (AcRF) Tier 2 (Ref: MOE2016-T2-1-061). 2021-12-10T13:51:04Z 2021-12-10T13:51:04Z 2020 Journal Article Patinadan, P. V., Tan-Ho, G., Choo, P. Y. & Ho, A. H. Y. (2020). Resolving anticipatory grief and enhancing dignity at the end-of life : a systematic review of palliative interventions. Death Studies, 46(2), 337-350. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2020.1728426 0748-1187 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153840 10.1080/07481187.2020.1728426 32079501 2 46 337 350 en MOE2016-T2-1-016 Death Studies This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis in Death Studies on 21 Feb 2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/07481187.2020.1728426 application/pdf
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topic Social sciences::Psychology
Anticipatory Grief
Dignity
spellingShingle Social sciences::Psychology
Anticipatory Grief
Dignity
Patinadan, Paul Victor
Tan-Ho, Geraldine
Choo, Ping Ying
Ho, Andy Hau Yan
Resolving anticipatory grief and enhancing dignity at the end-of life : a systematic review of palliative interventions
description Anticipatory grief is the experience of grief symptomatology prior to loss. This study is a systematic review of empirical interventions or interventional components that were observed to lessen or adaptively direct the experience of anticipatory grief for patients at the end of life and their family members. A search of 5 major databases found 13,718 articles, of which 10 high-quality randomized controlled trials were included for final review. Lebow’s “adaptational tasks of anticipatory mourning” was employed as a working model on the efficacy of the interventions. The interventions exhibited some positive outcomes but none addressed anticipatory grief directly. Recommendations for future research are discussed.
author2 School of Social Sciences
author_facet School of Social Sciences
Patinadan, Paul Victor
Tan-Ho, Geraldine
Choo, Ping Ying
Ho, Andy Hau Yan
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author Patinadan, Paul Victor
Tan-Ho, Geraldine
Choo, Ping Ying
Ho, Andy Hau Yan
author_sort Patinadan, Paul Victor
title Resolving anticipatory grief and enhancing dignity at the end-of life : a systematic review of palliative interventions
title_short Resolving anticipatory grief and enhancing dignity at the end-of life : a systematic review of palliative interventions
title_full Resolving anticipatory grief and enhancing dignity at the end-of life : a systematic review of palliative interventions
title_fullStr Resolving anticipatory grief and enhancing dignity at the end-of life : a systematic review of palliative interventions
title_full_unstemmed Resolving anticipatory grief and enhancing dignity at the end-of life : a systematic review of palliative interventions
title_sort resolving anticipatory grief and enhancing dignity at the end-of life : a systematic review of palliative interventions
publishDate 2021
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