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Palliative care for a patient is provided by an interdisciplinary team of health care professionals whose composition and roles may vary but whose goal is to provide whole person care. Traditional research and evidence-based practice is an exciting but very new development in palliative care. Therefore, research into the best practice in palliative care faces many unique challenges. Grief is a normal response to loss that involves processes and tasks at emotional, cognitive, and behavioral levels. The initial shock of learning of impending or actual loss necessitates creating a new relationship between the grieving person and the person (or object) of loss. Patient and family grieving processes can be aided by a wide variety of healthcare and community services.
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Slaven, M. (2010). Global Palliative Care Issues. In: Loitman, J., Sinclair, C., Fisch, M. (eds) Palliative Care. Current Clinical Oncology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-590-3_1
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