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abstract
Background
Although
spouses bereaved after cancer are considered vulnerable people, there
have been few empirical studies to explore grief specifically in this
context.
Methods
Using
PsycINFO, Medline, and the PRISMA statement, we systematically searched
the literature by intersecting ‘cancer’ and ‘grie*’, ‘cancer’ and
‘bereave*’, and ‘cancer’ and ‘mourn*’.
Results
Gathering
76 studies (2000–2013) that met the inclusion criteria for bereavement
in adulthood, bereavement of an adult loved one and evidence-based
research, we found the following:
- Spousal relationships are not systematically examined in the current dominant models of grief.
- Theoretically derived determinants of spousal grief after cancer and empirically derived ones converge toward the necessity to include the caregiving experience as determining grief reactions.
- A growing body of literature concerning prolonged grief disorders now provides integrative reflections regarding the characteristics of spousal loss, predictors, and associated therapeutic interventions in the cancer context.
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