Abstract: Objective: To systematically evaluate the qualitative research on the real experience of bereavement care of medical staff, and provide evidence-based basis for medical staff to better carry out bereavement care services. Methods: The qualitative studies on the real experience of medical staff participating in bereavement care were searched from domestic and foreign common databases from their inception to February 15, 2025. The evaluation tool for qualitative research was used, and the research results were integrated by aggregative integration method. Results: A total of 15 articles were included to extract 60 research results which were summarized into 10 new categories, forming 4 integrated results, including understanding of bereavement care, complex inner experience when participating in bereavement care, the challenges faced by participating in bereavement care, and the coping strategies to improve bereavement care. Conclusion: Bereavement care requires teamwork, so the managers of medical institutions could establish interdisciplinary bereavement care teams. Meanwhile, paying attention to the mental health status of medical staff participating in bereavement care to enhance their self-efficacy through education and training. Moreover, it's suggested to develop bereavement care aids to reduce the work burden of healthcare professionals to promote the implementation and advancement of bereavement care services.

Key words: bereavement care; bereavement support; grief counseling; medical staff; Meta-synthesis