Advances in research on anticipatory grief of patient caregivers / 中国实用护理杂志

Anticipatory grief is the grief that an individual feels about the imminent loss, which can cause adverse effects on the patient ,s family, such as psychology, physiology, and behavior. In order to fully understand the research progress of anticipated grief in the patient ,s family, this article starts with expectations. The concept of anticipatory grief, measurement tools, influencing factors, intervention programs, and study population are reviewed in order to provide references for the domestic research on anticipatory grief of patients , families.