Bereavement care in Europe varies in quality and availability. Through greater collaboration
across Europe, there could potentially be an opportunity to improve care. This article
discusses the inaugural European Grief Conference held in Denmark in 2022: "Bereavement
and Grief in Europe - Emerging Perspectives & Collaborations". The conference was
structured around a 4-tiered public health model of bereavement care needs. It included
practice, research, policy, and educational perspectives. A total of 250 people from
27 different countries participated. To determine if the conference had appealed to
a broad European audience of grief professionals and to assess how the conference
was received by participants, we examined registration/submission data, the results
of a one-word real-time feedback exercise, and the answers to an online satisfaction
survey. The results indicated wide interest in greater information sharing and collaboration
across Europe among bereavement care, research, and education professionals.
