Healthy Grief Spirituality in Health Care HLT 310V Grand Canyon University December 14, 2012
Healthy grief Feeling and expressing grief is unique to each individual and it depends on the nature of their loss. People experience all kinds of emotions, pain and sadness that are considered normal reactions to a significant loss. While there is no right or wrong way to grieve, there are healthy ways to cope with the grief (helpguide.org). Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, a Psychiatrist invented the “five stages of grief”, based on the grieving process when negative life changes and loses happen, such as death of a loved one. The five stages of grief according to Kubler-Ross are responses that many people may go through, but there is not The loved one is no more physically present and that it is a permanent loss. Past is gone and a new future is set in front to run the race in the absence of the loved one. Job is also finally accepting the fact of his total loss and tries to resolve and come into a trusting relationship with God. In chapter 38 of Job, it displays the fact that Job finally heard from God again. This is an essential step in the grief process to restore relationships and to come in terms with life and meaning to move on with life. Through acceptance, God blessed Job again with more blessings than before and ultimately he regains his strength back. Job 42:10 reads” And the Lord restored Job’s loses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.”(The Christian Life Bible). Conclusion From the grief model of Kubler-Ross and the story of Job from the Bible it is clear that grief is a natural process that everyone endures at some point of their life. From the theory of Kubler –Ross, the author points out that a person may or may not go through all the stages during a grieving process and the duration may not be the same and will depend on how one handles grief in their life. The component of faith is not central to Kubler-Ross’s grieving process. Job responds to his grieving situations as a normal person would respond but his tremendous faith in God enables him to overcome all obstacles and
Everyone at some point in life grieve over the loss of someone or something special in their life. The loved one can be a parent, child, friend, relationship, pregnancy or a pet. There are also times when people grieve over their failing health, loss of job, houses, finances, and even loss of limbs. Such people should not be ignored. At times people tend to deny grieving to avoid pain but it is healthy to accept the loss and go through the grieving process. According to Kubler-Ross, Grieving…
there are diseases which pass beyond the stage of being curable. Death is a natural occurrence in the health care setting and since nurses play a vital role in providing direct patient care, a patient’s death may bring a sense of loss and grief which could eventually affect the way health care services are appropriately and adequately provided to other patients. However, the degree of nurses’ grief as a reaction to patient death may vary in intensity. This variation may be influenced by several factors…
him in his activity daily life, such as hygiene, toileting and meals. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a form of inflammatory arthritis and autoimmune disease. For reason no one fully understands, the immune system which is designed to protect our health by attacking foreign cells such as viruses and bacteria and attack the body’s tissues, specifically the synovia, a thin membrane that lines the joints. As a result of the attack, fluid builds up in the joints, causing pain in the joints and inflammation…
Discuss the psychological and physical effects of loss and grief: How might an ethical therapist incorporate this knowledge into his/her work? Base your answer on the theories and models presented in Module 7. Name: Zoe Foster Date: 13th February 2015 Course: SOUTH2S14 Module #: 7 Tutor Name: Anni Richardson Expected Word Count: 2500 Actual Word Count: 2702 Introduction In this essay I will discuss what grief is and the kind of grief a client could experience. We will move onto attachment theory…
People are individuals, and they have their one way of handling stressful situation and coping with grief. Each person react differently when they being diagnosed with a life-threatening disease and try to cope with it differently. Responses and reaction are dependent on various aspect such as individual coping skills, physical condition, emotional capabilities, age, nature of stressors, resources and information (Barkway, 2013). Confronting such a psychological stress has a prolonged impact on…
Healthy Grief Grand Canyon University: HLT-310V Healthy Grief Grief is a process that most everyone will go through at some point in his life. A person who is experiencing grief may have suffered loss of a loved one, loss of a job, or diagnosis of a terminal illness. The five stages of grief as described by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in 1969 have helped in defining the steps one may go through after experiencing a loss. Every person has his own response to grief, so he may not go through every stage…
suffer from disenfranchised grief?” Disenfranchised Grief Grief, when disenfranchised, lacks social support (Doka & Matin, 2002). Addiction thrives on secrecy (Alexander, 2012). Grief and addiction together are a catalyst for the crisis. Disenfranchised grief is often referred to as hidden sorrow, it is the grief that society does not understand, publically mourned or socially accepted, as it is not usually associated with death (Selby, 2007). Disenfranchised grief is a struggle associated with…
Running Head: HEALTHY GRIEF A Comparative Study of the Grieving Process HLT 310 V Spirituality in Health Care May 21, 2010. A Comparative Study of the Grieving Process Grief is the natural reaction to a major loss such as the demise of a loved one. The grief has many components such as physical, emotional, social, mental, and spiritual. A person can feel grief during a serious, long-term illness or with an incurable disease. The symptoms can be a great level of depression,…
Running Head: Week 6 GROUP PROPOSAL GROUP PROPOSAL By Doris Jones-Billops Mt. Vernon Nazarene University SWK3023 Social Work Mezzo-Practice August 21, 2013 Prof. Nesa Jefferson GROUP PROPOSAL Group Proposal Pre-death support group for children when a parent or love one is in Hospice programs, it is important to prepare a child for the death of a love one. The group therapy and intervention provide information, activities, and assessment criteria to help the facilitator implement…
The stages of mourning and grief are universal and are experienced by people from all walks of life. Mourning occurs in response to an individual’s own terminal illness or to the death of a valued being, human or animal. There are five stages of normal grief that were first proposed by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her 1969 book “On Death and Dying.” In our bereavement, we spend different lengths of time working through each step and express each stage more or less intensely. The five stages do not…
