Below are some Dutch messages around bereavement and grief that take place before someone dies: it is important to be aware that adverse life changing events are also reasons for those emotions. Besides patients and their close ones, also medical professionals and care takers can grief as they too need to find a way to adjust to the new situation.
[Wayback/Archive] Rob Bruntink on Twitter: “Ik sprak met Manu Keirse over de vraag wat zorgverleners kunnen betekenen voor rouwenden. Mooi aan zijn antwoord is oa dat hij rouw niet uitsluitend koppelt aan de periode ná een overlijden. ‘Rouw begint direct bij het slechtnieuwsgesprek’.”
[Wayback/Archive] Manu Keirse: ‘De zorgverlener rouwt mee’ – Dutch Health Hub
A related English post is [Wayback/Archive] How Survivors Can Cope With Grief After Cancer | Cancer.Net
When you first learned of your cancer diagnosis, grief may have been one of the many feelings you experienced. It is natural to grieve when we go through loss or change—whether it is the loss of who you were before your diagnosis or the loss of physical body parts. And since cancer often results in many losses—expected and unexpected—grief is naturally part of the experience.
–jeroen
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