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Journal articles

Read S.- Helping people with learning disabilities to grieve, British Journal of Learning disabilities 1996; 5: 91-5

Moddia B.- Grief reactions in learning disabilities. Nursing Standard, 1995; 9: 38-9.

Birchenall P. Learning disabilities- bereavement and working with people with learning disabilities: when nursing goes beyond a duty of care. Nursing Times, 1993; 89: 63.

Seamark DA. Williams S. Hall M. Lawrence CJ. Gilbert J. Dying from cancer in community hospitals or a hospice: Closest lay carers' perceptions. British Journal of General Practice. 1998; 48(431): 1317-21.

Chapman CR. Gavrin J. Suffering and the dying patient. Journal of Pharmaceutical Care in Pain & Symptom Control. 1995; 3: 67-90.

Bolund C. Loss, mourning and growth in the process of dying. Palliative Medicine. 1993; 7: 17-25.

Jaccaud M. The dreams of dying cancer patients at the end of life. Psychotherapies. 1990; 10(2): 77-84.

Frager G. Improving end-of-life care: Listening to voices from the trenches. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management. 2001; 21(3): 249-50.

Higginson IJ. Astin P. Dolan S. Where do cancer patients die? Ten-year trends in the place of death of cancer patients in England. Palliative Medicine. 1998; 12(5): 353-63.

Owen C. Tennant C. Levi J. Jones M. Cancer patients' attitudes to final events in life: Wish for death, attitudes to cessation of treatment, suicide and euthanasia. Psycho-Oncology. 1994; 3(1): 1-9.

Book resources

Stedeford A. Facing death : patients, families and professionals   London : Heinemann Medical Books, 1984. (178p. ISBN 0433315504)

Blackman Noelle, Helping people with learning disabilities cope with bereavement and loss. Brighton: Pavillion Publishing, 1999.

Cathcart F.- Understanding death and dying: Your feelings Kidderminster: British Institute of Learning Disabilities, 1994.