Thanatology 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Normative Social Influence
2 Oct 2016
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Chapter 10 coping with loss & grief: how individuals can help. 5 fundamental needs of bereaved persons: social support, nutrition, hydration, exercise, rest. Disenfranchised grief: grief that is not acknowledgeable by society. Children often have their first encounters with death involving animals. Animals provide opportunities for people to learn about loss, sadness & death. Lessons from pet & companion animal loss that apply to all losses: the relationship is really central to appreciating the loss, not the object of the relationship. The nature of the death or loss & the way it occurred will affect the bereavement. The circumstances of the bereaved person are critical. Bereaved ppl have a need to know information: important when the death is unexpected, untimely, traumatic, or self-inflicted important for ppl who are used to having control. Involve a need to express reactions to a loss or death. May require assistance in identifying & articulating feelings & other reactions that are strange.
