Grief and Loss
Friday's Progress Notes - March 24, 2010
Mental Health Information - Vol. 14 Issue 3
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CONTENTS
1. Managing preparatory grief
2. Family-centered decision making
3. Grief and dementia
4. Depression and grief in palliative care
5. Traumatic grief in war veterans
6. Helping children grieve
7. Psychosocial components of end-of-life choices
8. Cultural and ethnic preferences for end-of-life care
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John L. Miller, MD
1. AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN
Identifying and Managing Preparatory Grief and Depression at the End of Life
Grief and depression present similarly in patients who are dying.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20020301/883.html
2. VIRTUAL MENTOR
Family-Centered Decision Making
This case explores how treatment goals may be seen differently by health care providers, the patient, and the patient's family.
http://virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/2008/06/ccas1-0806.html
3. HOSPICE FOUNDATION
Grief and Dementia
Grief is the constant yet hidden companion of Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias.
http://www.hospicefoundation.org/uploads/doka5.pdf
4. PRIMARY PSYCHIATRY
Grief, Demoralization, and Depression: Diagnostic Challenges and Treatment Modalities
Depression, severe grief reactions, and demoralization are common types of disorders experienced by patients and caregivers in palliative care.
5. NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD
Traumatic Grief: Symptomatology and Treatment in the Iraq War Veteran
Traumatic grief refers to the experience of the sudden loss of a significant and close attachment.
6. CHILDREN'S VOICE
Helping Children Grieve
Coping with the loss of a family member or friend is hard enough for adults, let alone children.
http://www.cwla.org/voice/0711grieve.htm
7. AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
End of Life Issues and Care
All end-of-life choices and medical decisions have complex psychosocial components, ramifications, and consequences.
http://www.apa.org/topics/death/end-of-life.aspx
8. MEDSCAPE
A Literature Review of Preferences for End-of-Life Care in Developed Countries by Individuals with Different Cultural Affiliations and Ethnicity
Attitudes and beliefs associated with death and dying vary among countries and among different cultural groups within the same country.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/575049
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