When someone you love receives a terminal diagnosis, the whole family is suddenly faced with a prolonged crisis. While medical advances have given us the gift of extending life, meaning that a loved one could survive months or even years before dying, it has also changed the way we grieve....
Loneliness is a universal phenomenon, and its pain is intensified by a diagnosis of a terminal illness. The present study is an investigation of the strategies used by patients with Multiple sclerosis (MS), by individuals diagnosed with cancer, and by the general population to cope with lonelines...
Everyone grieves and responds differently to news about a terminal diagnosis.1Anticipatory grief can begin as soon as you’re told a loved one may die soon. You could also experience a delay as you process the information about your loved one's diagnosis. Let yourself feel the pain in your ...
Everyone grieves and responds differently to news about a terminal diagnosis.1Anticipatory grief can begin as soon as you’re told a loved one may die soon. You could also experience a delay as you process the information about your loved one's diagnosis. Let yourself feel the pain in your ...
The sad reality is that my son’s cancer diagnosis not only caused tremendous struggle and hardship for him, it hurt his brothers as well. They’ve had to contend with issues of jealousy and abandonment. They’ve had to alter plans and daily routines constantly. They’ve witnessed very scar...
Grief can develop in various forms, including anticipatory grief, which occurs when we grieve in anticipation of a loss, such as when a loved one is diagnosed with a terminal illness. On the other hand, complicated grief is a more prolonged and intense experience of grief that can interfere ...
Religion in coping with bereavement M Stroebe 被引量: 4发表: 2004年 The social construction of anticipatory grief As medical technology prolongs life and facilitates the early diagnosis of terminal illnesses such as AIDS, the concept of anticipatory grief requires furt... G Fulton,C Madden,V ...
or even one’s own imminent death. Sometimes patients need to face their mortality when they’re diagnosed with a terminal illness such as cancer, or other end-stage conditions such as AIDS. Being forced to face impending death may force patients or their relatives to cope with much psyc...
Anticipatory Grief in Patients With Cancer Patients and their loved ones often experience anticipatory grief when learning of a diagnosis of advanced or terminal cancer. Anticipatory grief can be a ... D Hottensen - 《Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing》 被引量: 34发表: 2010年 Communicated supp...
Periods of hospitalization lasting from a few days to a few weeks are usually only necessary at the time of diagnosis, in the terminal phase, and a few additional times during the course of the illness. When in remission, a child is often symptom-free and able to carry on normal ...