Bereavement
Bereavement or mourning is a process not a state, which occurs after the loss of a loved one. Grief refers to the personal experience of the loss. Bereavement or loss can occur for many reasons. It can happen the death of a spouse, child, parent, sibling, close friend, or after a miscarriage. It can happen due to the loss of the expectation of how your life was going to be, through career loss, financial trouble, infertility, family, relationship or marital break-up. According to Elisabeth Kubler-Ross the five stages of grief are: 1. Denial and isolation. 2. Anger. 3. Bargaining. 4. Depression. 5. Acceptance. According to Worden (1982) after one sustains a loss there are certain tasks of mourning that must be worked through for balance to be re-established and for the process of mourning to be completed. These four tasks are the following: 1. To accept the reality of the loss. 2. To experience the pain of grief. 3. To adjust to an environment in which the deceased is missing. 4. To...