Bereavement help-seeking following an 'expected' death: a cross-sectional randomised face-to-face population survey

doi:10.1186/1472-684X-7-19

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Bereavement help-seeking following an 'expected' death: a cross-sectional randomised face-to-face population survey

David C Currow¹^,2^,3 , Katrina Allen⁴ , John Plummer⁵ , Samar Aoun⁶^,3 , Meg Hegarty¹ and Amy P Abernethy¹^,7

¹Department of Palliative and Supportive Services, Flinders University, Sturt Road, Bedford Park, South Australia, 5042, Australia

²Flinders Centre for Clinical Change, Flinders University, Sturt Road, Bedford Park, South Australia, 5042, Australia

³Institute of Palliative and Supportive Care Research, Australia

⁴Southern Adelaide Palliative Services, Repatriation General Hospital, 700 Goodwood Road, Daw Park, South Australia, 5041, Australia

⁵Department of Anaesthesia, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia

⁶Western Australian Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

⁷Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Centre, Durham, North Carolina, 27710, USA

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BMC Palliative Care 2008, 7:19doi:10.1186/1472-684X-7-19


Published:	14 December 2008

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In the 2004 and 2005 (September – December) surveys, 14 broadly-based high level questions on palliative care issues were included of which seven directly related to bereavement. Prompt cards were provided for selected answers to allow responses to be categorised.

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Having made contact with 8129 households, 6034 people completed interviews (participation rate – 73.3% (unweighted data)).

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Basic characteristics of the deceased, the bereaved and service use are compared to a person's access of bereavement support (all support including family and friends, and professionals only).

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Basic characteristics of the deceased, the bereaved and service use are compared to a person's access of bereavement support (all support including family and friends, and professionals only) and age.

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