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Grief, bereavement and sibling support — branching viva
Branching viva on grief, bereavement and sibling support: definition and ethical standard, classification, stepwise plan, contested escalation, and family or sibling support.
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A twelve-year-old girl has just died at home from progressive neurodisability. Her parents are numb; her eight-year-old brother has become withdrawn and is refusing school. The community team asks how to structure bereavement care.
Opening question
A twelve-year-old girl has just died at home from progressive neurodisability. Her parents are numb; her eight-year-old brother has become withdrawn and is refusing school. The community team asks how to structure bereavement care. Give the one-sentence definition and the governing ethical standard. [1]
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- [1]Yuste Segarra M et al. Grieving in the shadows: A systematic review of invisible losses in siblings of pediatric cancer patients. Death Stud, 2026.PMID 42054273
- [2]Hussain H et al. Exploring challenges and opportunities in paediatric bereavement care: a qualitative study from a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan. BMC Palliat Care, 2026.PMID 41851707
- [3]Jolly A et al. Being broken: A qualitative study exploring unexpected death in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and the family experience of care. Aust Crit Care, 2026.PMID 41512802
- [4]Bylund-Grenklo T et al. Acute and long-term grief reactions and experiences in parentally cancer-bereaved teenagers. BMC Palliat Care, 2021.PMID 34044835