Year: 2003 Source: Bereavement Care, v.22, no.1, (Spring 2003), p.6-8 SIEC No: 20031279

The author presents a family-centred model of hospice care that in a palliative setting, can optimise not only the practical support for the dying person but also the bereavement outcome, by encouraging family members to interact as a supportive group. Family focused grief therapy is founded on the proven relationship between family functioning & the psychosocial wellbeing of its members. Arising from a decade of research, this model offers a new emphasis on shared family grieving as a pathway to adjusting to death. (22 refs)