The buddy group – peer support for the bereaved

We describe in this paper the story of the ‘Buddy Groups’ for bereaved people that were set up at Weston Hospicecare in 2008 and have endured ever since. The group have helped bereaved people to find meaning and value despite their grief. We observed that, through the strength of the relationships f...

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Autores principales: Riley, Susan Gerry, Pettus, Katherine Irene, Abel, Julian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6055940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30042806
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17571472.2018.1455021
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spelling pubmed-60559402018-07-24 The buddy group – peer support for the bereaved Riley, Susan Gerry Pettus, Katherine Irene Abel, Julian London J Prim Care (Abingdon) Review We describe in this paper the story of the ‘Buddy Groups’ for bereaved people that were set up at Weston Hospicecare in 2008 and have endured ever since. The group have helped bereaved people to find meaning and value despite their grief. We observed that, through the strength of the relationships formed, people were able to recover well. Group members reported back to us the significant value they placed on being in a Buddy Group. Taylor & Francis 2018-03-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6055940/ /pubmed/30042806 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17571472.2018.1455021 Text en © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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