An empirical examination of the stage theory of grief
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A longitudinal cohort study is used to examine the relative magnitudes and patterns of change over time post-loss of 5 grief indicators for consistency with the stage theory of grief. The identification of the normal stages of grief following a death from natural causes has helped in understanding how the average person cognitively and emotionally processes the loss of a family member.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2007
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Caring tor Bereaved Patients: "All the Doctors Just Suddenly Go"
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Tips for helping patients through the death of a loved one are presented. Topics include complicated and uncomplicated grief, shock, separation distress, denial, anger, guilt, depression, social support, and developing new routines and relationships. Doctors should send a letter of condolence or make some kind of follow-up call to the families of their deceased patients.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2001
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Psychological Considerations, Growth, and Transcendence at the End of Life
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Tips are presented for doctors to help prepare their terminally ill patients for death. This advice is illustrated by the case of a 77-year-old man with pancreatic cancer that has spread to his liver and lungs.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2001
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