A Case Related to Death, Dying and Bereavement

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Introduction

Death, dying and bereavement would bring different memories and emotion to bereaved person. There were different manifestations of grief (Strobe, Schut, & Strobe, 2007). In the grieving process, we would experience depression, anxiety and fear about death and dying. We also felt loneliness, shock and numbness during death and dying. In addition, there were also some common grief reactions to the bereaved person too. They lost their appetite, sleeping disturbance, being exhausted and many complaints about somatic and physically (Worden, 1991; Stroebe, Schut, & Stroebe, 2007). The grieving process may have its pathway (McKissock, D., McKissock, M., & Bereavement C.A.R.E. Centre., 1998). In this pathway, it seems to be divided into eight elements and bereaved would experience from the first day to the fifth year McKissock, D., McKissock, M., & Bereavement C.A.R.E. Centre., 1998).

Background

The story was about a young man who was 26 years old.

Content

Review of theories

Stage Model (Kubler-Ross, 2005)

In the Stage Model of Kubler-Ross, it was included five stages. It also traditionally recognized in its abbreviated form DABDA (Santrock, 2007)

The first stage is Denial. After the love one death, bereaved was suffering from loss. They could not accept the facts in conscious level or unconscious level, no matter what to do or how to do. This kind’s action we would say that defense mechanism was emerged. Most bereaved person would be fixed on this stage during their painful events. They thought that they felt fine and this could not be happening to him or her. In the early days, bereaved have a tendency to reject or denial about the loss and may take out from their social activiti...

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