Journal overview

Published by Cruse from 2021.

The aim of Bereavement Care is to improve our understanding of grief and bereavement and to enhance the quality of care and support provided to bereaved people in all parts of the world.

Bereavement Care was founded in 1982, and has grown to become a unique international journal that sets a high academic and scientific standard. Accessible and interdisciplinary, it reaches a range of relevant audiences including practitioners, volunteers and students, as well as academics, researchers and all those with an interest in the impact of death on people's lives.

Bereavement Care is published in association with the national voluntary organisation Cruse Bereavement Care, the UK's largest bereavement support charity.

We aim to inform best practice in bereavement care, to discuss the contexts of death and bereavement within societies around the world, and to stimulate dialogue about bereavement from a wide perspective and across disciplines.

We publish leading new research and theory alongside articles describing the best current practices and innovations in service delivery. We also include personal experiences, case reports and arts features that add new dimensions to our understanding. We have an international readership and welcome contributions on the needs of people from all cultures, religions and philosophies.

Our editorial board is carefully chosen to include a balance of practitioners and academics to cover the disciplines relevant to the care of bereaved people.

All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Managing Editor. Research articles are double blind peer reviewed by independent referees. All other contributions are reviewed by the editorial board and relevant experts.

Some feedback from those in the field:

“The UK’s leading bereavement journal – an excellent balance, integrating theory with practice”
Julie Stokes OBE, Founder of Winston’s Wish, UK

“A riveting mix of well-researched pieces, how-to-do-it articles, reviews, abstracts – one of the best journals around on bereavement”
Barbara Monroe, Chief Executive, St Christopher’s Hospice, UK

“I have great admiration for your journal, a source that is full of useful information for all those who deal with bereavement”
Margaret Stroebe, Professor of Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

“A really valuable resource for hospice workers”
Michal Galazka, Executive Director Hospice Education Institute, USA

Bereavement Care is getting better every year”
Tony Walter, Professor of Death Studies, Bath University, UK

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