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Grief and Culture, 2002.
A look at different cultures and how they deal with grief.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 5 sources, £ 44.95
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A paper on the cultural perspectives related to grief.
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Nursing and Grief, 2007.
This paper researches grief in nursing and defines the characteristics of this concept.
931 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 23.95
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The paper discusses how the nurse's ability to provide effective and appropriate support to family members in their grief is greatly dependent on the nurse's understanding of the processes of grief and bereavement. The paper defines grief, the tasks of grief and the social and cultural considerations inherent in grief. The paper points out that bereavement practices vary greatly depending on one's cultural background. The paper concludes that allowing for cultural and family traditions is the key in assisting the family members to effectively cope with grief following the death of a loved one. The paper also notes that the nurse should pay close attention to the family members to identify whether their grieving is normal or if the grieving has taken a unhealthy or self-destructive course.
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Objective
Introduction
Grief Defined
Types of Grief Identified
Social and Cultural Considerations of Grief
Summary and Conclusion
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"The experience of grief is one that is shared across all cultures and as well grief is universal among human beings in all age groups and in all cultures and is "an adaptational response to different kinds of acute life crises..." (Cowles and Rodgers, 1991a; 1991b; Curry and Stone, 1992; Jacob, 1993; as cited by Kaunonen, 2000) In the experiential theory of grief, six dimensions of grief have been defined. (Hogan et al, 1996; Hogan, 1988, 1999b) The nurse's ability to provide effective and appropriate support to family members in their grief is greatly dependent upon the understanding the nurse possesses of the process of grief and bereavement."
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Pain of Grief, 2002.
A look at how families can deal with the pain of grief through analysis of the grief and mourning process.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, £ 31.95
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This paper discusses how families facing the death of a loved one should work through the pain of grief, and examines in detail the various stages of the grief and mourning process. Professional advice concerning grieving is cited from appropriate sources.
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Grief, 2002.
This paper analyzes the concept of grief and its importance to the nursing profession with emphasis on the most common associations with the concept: The loss of a loved one, a close friend or a family member.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 16 sources, £ 49.95
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The paper discusses that while it is true that grief is a universal experience, the problem is that modern society has largely separated the concept of grief from the everyday experience of life. The paper points out that profound loss also has profound and varied effects upon the bereaved individual. The author, after reviewing many definitions and case studies, establishes a definition for grief: Grief is an emotion experienced during the event of bereavement; mourning is the action through which grief is expressed.
Table of Contents
Aims
Grief: Definitions and Attributes
Case Studies
Model Case: My Brother
Borderline Case: Deciding to Die
Related Case: The Decision to Change
Contrary Case: The Decision to Maintain the Status Quo
Conclusions from Case Studies
Grief: A Definition
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"The aim of this concept analysis is therefore to understand grief from a number of viewpoints. This will be done by means of an analysis of grief through the stages of the process a bereaved person is expected to go through. These stages include physical and psychological processes. This is followed by a consideration of the social and religious support a bereaved person needs to work through the grieving process in a healthy way. Furthermore, case studies will be considered in terms of the established theories. Finally, conclusions are drawn in terms of the nursing profession and caring for a person going through the process of bereavement."
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Teenagers and Grief, 2004.
An overview of how adolescents grieve and ways to help them get through the grieving period.
9,086 words (approx. 36.3 pages), 19 sources, MLA, £ 134.95
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This paper shows that teenagers do not deal with grief in the same ways as small children or as adults. In some ways, the teenager is inexperienced and not usually ready to deal with the life changes that may occur and cause grief. In other ways, teens already have a profound understanding of death and loss and pain. The paper argues that both of these aspects of the teenage existence must be recognized and accepted by those around them in order to help the teenager cope. While grief has been viewed as a purely negative experience by some people, today it is widely accepted that the grieving process is an opportunity for spiritual and emotional growth and change. Grief is painful, but it can also be a healing and learning experience. The paper shows that helping teenagers to find a way to best work through the process of grief during the confusion of hormonal, physical, and social changes of adolescence is a difficult task, but there is a great deal of assistance available from literature and counseling professionals. Acknowledging the pain and individuality of the teenager in grief is essential to guiding him or her through the process.
Paper Outline
An Introduction to Teenagers and Grief
What is Grief?
Misunderstanding the Teenager
A Statistical View
The Grieving Process
Differences in the Grieving Process
Within the Family and School
Causes of Grief
Healthy and Unhealthy Reactions
Advice
Conclusion
Bibliography
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"Taking into consideration the fact that ?a young adult's reactions to death and its aftermath may be similar to that of an adult but...with fewer resources and abilities and less maturity to deal with them... This lack of coping skills is overlaid by their main developmental task of balancing role confusion with ?the struggle to establish an identity that . . . accommodates individual paths to the expectations of society and family,?? (DeMinco) it is also important to recall why it is so vital to acknowledge the uniqueness of the varying ways in which teenagers will deal with grief. Needing freedom, guidelines, privacy, and intimate relationships all at the same time is an expected experience for the teenager as he or she attempts to find individuality as well as comfort in times of need. The unfortunate reality, however, is how often teenagers are ignored or misunderstood by the adults who try to offer support in times of grief. ?Adolescents commonly report a lack of support and disappointment at not receiving help from adults at this time.? (DeMinco) Extended periods of the denial or anger stages of the grieving process often exist for the misunderstood teenager."
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Cultural Identity and Multiculturalism, 2008.
A comparison of Amy Tan's "A Pair of Tickets" and Bharati Mukherjee's "The Management of Grief".
921 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 23.95
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The paper analyzes how Amy Tan's "A Pair of Tickets" and Bharati Mukherjee's "The Management of Grief" both explore the problems of cultural identity in the context of multiculturalism. The paper conveys the confusion and identity loss of people who come from mixed cultural backgrounds.
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"Both Amy Tan's A Pair of Tickets and Bharati Mukherjee's The Management of Grief revolve around questions of identity in the context of multiculturalism. The main characters in both of the stories are middle-aged women who come from culturally mixed backgrounds and are thus utterly confused about their own identity. Not accidentally, the two women, a Chinese-American and an Indian- Canadian, are surprised by their authors in crucial, turning points in their lives: Jing-Mei flies for the first time to her parent's country, China where she meets, also for the first time her twin half-sisters and Shaila Bhave flies to India after having lost her husband and her young sons in a terrible plane crash."
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Grief Counseling for Teenagers after the Death of a Friend, 2004.
A look at the role and importance of grief counselors in helping teenagers grieve the death of a friend.
2,521 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 11 sources, APA, £ 54.95
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This paper examines the way teenagers deal with the death of a friend and how it differs from the way adults might grieve and talks about the issues that must be dealt with when trying to resolve a loss and dealing with grief. The paper stresses the importance of grief counseling and how those teenagers that do receive counseling after the death of a friend generally come out of their grief better adjusted and capable of handling the world than those who have locked their grief up inside and simply keep it private.
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"When a friend dies, teenagers handle that grief differently than adults would, but they still grieve very deeply. Much of their pain and grief comes from the fact that most teenagers lose friends to sudden death, such as traffic accidents, than to anticipated death, such as might come from cancer or other progressive illnesses. Whatever the cause of death, however, grief counseling is vitally important for these young people so that they can adjust to the death and become accepting of it. This is the only way that they will move on with their lives and learn to enjoy things once again. This is not the same as asking them to forget their friend or the pain that they feel at their friend's passing, but is rather asking them to learn ways to cope with the pain, so that it is not always present and life can move on."
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The Concept of Grief, 2008.
An analysis of the concept of grief as it applies to the practice of nursing, including model, contrary, related and borderline cases.
3,280 words (approx. 13.1 pages), 15 sources, APA, £ 67.95
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This paper focuses on the issue of grief as a concept that is significant to the practice of nursing. It explores the intricacies of grief in order to understand the scope of its impact to the field of nursing and health care in general. The paper provides model, contrary, related and borderline cases that relate to grief. It then looks at the social context of grief and then provides an operational definition of the context.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Assumptions
Literature Review
Defining Attributes
Model, Contrary, Related and Borderline Cases
Social Contexts and Values
Theoretical Definition
Operational Definition of the Concept
Empirical Referents
Measurement Tool
Application to Nursing Practice
Application to Nursing Research
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"The concept of grief can be applied to nursing practice through an understanding of the individual patient and the time that is taken to comprehend all of the factors that impact the patient's life. The issue of quality care should be considered in relation to the concept of grief because the patient that is undergoing the grief process may not be forthcoming with the information, nor be aware that the physical symptoms that are evident are associated with physical illness. Therefore, the nurse that is capable of taking the necessary time to discover information about the patient in terms of current life situations, events that have impacted his or her living and emotional barriers to good health that may exist, will uncover the potential for grief to be a factor in the health concerns of the patient. When this occurs that patient can then be assisted in a manner that is positive and that will lead to successful outcomes for the individual."
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Grief Counseling in the Schools, 2004.
This paper discusses the use of grief counseling in high schools after traumatic events, especially the suicide of a student.
2,920 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 10 sources, APA, £ 61.95
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This paper explains that grief counseling in schools has grown as a discipline in response to teen suicides, natural disasters, bombings, and shootings. The author points out that trauma experts handle the immediate aftershocks of disaster, and, once they leave, grief counselors take over to provide longer-term help for those who have suffered a loss. This paper concludes that, with school suicides and other traumatic events on the increase, school officials have to be aware of these possibilities and try to provide for them in their planning.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Teenage Suicide
Grief Counseling
Approaches to Grief
Conclusion
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"While bereavement is the state of having lost a significant other to death, grief is the personal response to the loss and mourning is the public expression of that loss. Bereavement is an intensely demanding, multidimensional adaptive process and so should be seen as both an opportunity for significant personal growth and a vector of disease when its mental and physical health consequences are considered. Some one third of all bereaved people incur problems for which professional assistance is indicated, and among the problems encountered are increased use of tobacco, alcohol, sedatives, and anxiolytics by the bereaved. Depression syndromes are seen in nearly one half of all grieving people, while 10 percent suffer major depression. Also possible is health deterioration lasting 13 months or longer, including increased physical symptoms and illness, severe depressive mood, and increased health services utilization and hospitalization; this is seen in 15 to 25 percent of the widowed."
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Grief Counseling, 2002.
Examining the increased need for grief counselors in today's society.
2,014 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 45.95
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This paper addresses the phenomenon of the increased necessity of grief counselors in modern society. It explains that with the reality of large-scale disasters ever present, methods have been developed for large-scale grief counseling to help the survivors cope with what has happened and to help them recover as much as possible. This paper looks at the process a grief counselor goes through with a family member and how this process needs to be adjusted according to the different tragedies which occur.
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"Grief counseling methods have been developed in a clinical setting from experience with family members of those who die after long-term care. Bereavement is defined as the state of having experienced the death of a significant other, and nurses have learned that the stress of prolonged bereavement has persistent and cumulative negative effects on the psychosocial functioning of family members, even when coping abilities emerge early in the process (Warren, 1997, 42). Different programs have been developed to enable health care professionals to deal with these issues. The Allegheny General Hospital Trauma Bereavement Program suggests the importance of specialized follow-up care for surviving family members and loved ones during the year after a death. It is noted that sudden, traumatic death leaves the survivors in shocked disbelief and intense emotional pain, but that appropriate support and intervention can make a significant contribution to a family's eventual recovery by assisting in the normal grieving process and thus avoiding prolonged, pathologic grieving (Buchanan, Geubtner, & Snyder, 1996, 35)."
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Grief Counseling, 2007.
This paper studies the effectiveness of grief counseling in reducing negative behavior in students who have suffered a loss.
2,513 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 54.95
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In this article, the writer notes that life is for the living, and remaining depressed about the death of a friend for a long period of time is likely not what the friend who passed away would have wanted. The writer maintains that the friend would have wanted the still-living friend to enjoy the life that he or she was given, and not waste it by being sad and angry over things which were beyond his or her control. Knowing this in one's head, however, and understanding it with one's heart are not the same. Further the writer points out that teenagers who grieve for their lost friends know that they must resume their lives and move on, but they often have trouble figuring out how best to do this. This is where grief counseling comes in and why it is so important. To illustrate this point, the shootings that took place at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado in 1999 are used as an example of teenage grief and how counseling is utilized.
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Introduction
Grief and Acceptance
Conclusion
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"Those who come forward as grief counselors also help to calm the parents and the students and reassure them that something like that will not happen at their school. Everyone responds to sudden death differently and it is important to understand how teenagers deal with this and how grief counseling can help them to get on with their lives and be happy once again. Many years ago a British psychiatrist by the name of John Bowlby created the attachment theory. Much of the current thinking that deals with how someone mourns a loss rests on the basic foundations that Bowlby created. He talked of the very powerful bonds that were between human beings and when these bonds are jeopardized through illness or injury when they are destroyed through death the individual who is still living experiences a very disruptive period."
These particular bonds are often developed very early in life and endure for very long time. They are formed due to basic human needs for security and for safety and usually they are only directed toward a few specific individuals. In the early years this is usually directed only towards the family that as children mature it is often also directed outward toward friends in a slightly larger circle."
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Loss and Anticipatory Grief, 2006.
This paper studies two different examples of loss and anticipatory grief.
905 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 23.95
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In this article, the writer reviews two examples of loss and anticipatory grief. The writer uses J.W. Worden's four tasks as a framework for the discussion. The writer also discusses the coping strategies that are unique to the two subjects. In preparation for this discussion, the writer briefly reviews Worden's description of mourning. The writer explains that according to Worden, grieving is an active rather than a passive process, and as such the four basic tasks of mourning are identified as accepting the reality of the loss; experiencing and working through the pain and grief; adjusting to an environment in which the deceased is missing; and to emotionally relocate the deceased and move on with life.
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"Kristen attended the high school homecoming football game with several of her friends. After the game, the friends decided to go to a victory party, all friends riding together in a caravan of cars. As they entered the highway, one of the riders decided he wasn't sure he wanted to attend the party and so they pulled off the highway and waited for their followers to do the same. The holdout got out of the car with Kristen and went back to the car behind them to ask for a ride home, as Kirsten (the driver) wanted to go on. Accommodations were made, passengers exchanged. The driver of the second car then
waited for Kristen to pull out onto the highway. Kristen pulled out directly in front of a large Dodge pickup truck, which struck her broadside. Kirsten's car spun out of control. The driver of the Dodge pickup was a firefighter. He was unhurt, and immediately began to provide care at the scene, directing one of the teenagers to call for help. Kirsten's passengers all required emergency transport, and three, including Kristen's sister, did not survive."
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Grief in "Hamlet", 2006.
This paper analyzes the devastating effects of grief in William Shakespeare's classic play "Hamlet."
756 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 18.95
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The writer of this paper contends and proves the manner in which grief can and does destroy the life of Hamlet. This paper delves into Hamlet's, depression, self-doubt, insanity and thoughts of suicide which is brought on by his father's death. This paper cites relevant sections of the play which specifically point to Hamlet's self inflicted grief.
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"The next phase of grief leads to self-doubt, which is emphasized by the appearance of the ghost. At first, Hamlet tires to deny the ghost and what it means, calling it a "goblin damned". Almost immediately after that, he calls the ghost, "King, father, Royal Dane". Here we see the beginning of Hamlet's wavering and doubt. Even though he does not know what or who the ghost is, he demands that it answer him so that he might "not burst in ignorance". When Hamlet cannot kill Claudius, he experiences even more self doubt, saying that he is a "dull and muddy-mettled rascal . . . unpregnant of my cause,/And I can say nothing". These scenes allow us to see how Hamlet's grief is beginning to effect his reasoning. Grief also leads Hamlet to thoughts of suicide. One of his most famous soliloquies contemplates "To be, or not to be."
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Grief Recovery, 2004.
A review of the book "The Grief Recover Handbook" by James and Russell Friedman.
2,300 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 1 source, APA, £ 56.95
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This paper summarizes the 1998 book "The Grief Recovery Handbook" by John W. James and Russell Friedman. The paper examines the book's premise that with the right information and correct choices, a person can recover from significant and traumatic emotional loss. The paper then details the process of grief recovery.
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