Guidance for bereavement needs assessment in palliative care
Published on: 01 September 2010
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This guide (2nd edition) aims to support the assessment of need for bereavement care in adults’ palliative care services.
It presents an assessment matrix and provides detailed guidance on the organisational aspects of bringing routine, systematic bereavement needs assessment procedures into everyday practice.
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The second edition of this guidance provides an update to the first edition following an extensive action research project studying the implementation of the Bereavement Needs Assessment (BNA) approach to assessment in three hospices.
This new edition presents revised versions of the original assessment matrix and more detailed guidance on the organisational aspects of bringing routine, systematic bereavement needs assessment procedures into everyday practice. This includes an example training programme and suggestions for resolving ethical concerns.
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Marilyn Relf
Linda Machin
Nikki Archer
Published by Help the Hospices (now Hospice UK) in September 2010, 2nd edition.
