Anticipatory and Unanticipated Grief (IN: Clinical Management of Bereavement. A Handbook for Healthcare Professionals., ed. by G M Burnell and A L Burnell)

This article describes & gives counselling guidelines for those experiencing grief before & after anticipated deaths (terminal or chronic illnesses), & unanticipated deaths (accidents, suicides, murders, heart attacks). A special section on grief & AIDS patients & their families is included. The grief process, how to inform, aid & counsel remaining family members is outlined comprehensively. (VM)