Bearing Bad News
The Impact of Delivering and Receiving News of Sudden Bereavement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6192308 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Sweeney (0000-0003-0165-3065, Social and Political Science, University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 319-331 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Illness Crisis & Loss (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1054-1373 • E-ISSN: 1552-6968 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10541373211061650 |
| OpenAlex | W4200010679 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
First responders and care professionals are often required to convey the deeply distressing news to relatives of the sudden death of a loved one. Witnessing the extreme anguish and grief of those receiving such news can have a detrimental effect on the bearers, leading to peritraumatic distress and feelings of inadequacy and burnout. For the recipients of such news, how it is delivered will impact on their understanding, acceptance, and processing of the sudden loss and may be a precursor for complicated grief or mental health issues such as anxiety or depression. Through writing about her own experience, the author aims to illustrate how interaction with professionals supported or impacted adversely on her grief and is intended to maintain professionals’ awareness of the impact of their delivery on recipients. Ancillary professionals also have an important role in how they interact with the bereaved and in ameliorating their deep distress
Anguish · Anxiety · Burnout · Complicated grief · Disenfranchised grief · Distress · Distressing · Feeling · Grief · Health care · Health professionals · Mental health · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Psychology
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The Burden of Loss
Violent Deaths and Traumatic Bereavement
What determines supportive behaviors following bereavement? A systematic review and call to action
Investigating death
Losing a close person following death by sudden cardiac arrest
Unspeakable Emotion
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |