Citation

Taylor B. Burns Incl. Therm. Inj. 1988; 14(1): 46-48.

Affiliation

Burns Unit, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, International Society for Burn Injuries, Publisher Wright)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3370516

Abstract

Grief is a complex, emotional, but nevertheless normal, natural and painful process which is necessary and common to us all. The intensity of grief is influenced by many factors, e.g., degree of attachment, quality and length of relationship, length and nature of the illness, and whether the death is sudden or expected. Various stages of grief include numbness, disbelief, anger, guilt, remorse, despair, acceptance. In a medical setting the social worker faces dilemmas when involved with family grief, and some of these are addressed herein.

Language: en