Sudden and Unexpected Health Situation

Grieving is a phenomenon usually experienced upon the death of a loved one. However, other situations involving loss may prove just as difficult and involve a grieving process: loss of identity, loss of use of a limb or a sense such as sight or hearing, inability to achieve certain ambitions, loss of autonomy, moving house, job loss, separation or divorce, child leaving home, retirement, illness, death of a pet. This article aims at describing the grieving process and the specific stakes of a sudden and unexpected health situation, as the traumatic brain injury. The model proposed by the authors is presented and illustrated by a clinical example. Implications for health professionals' practice are described, in terms of partnership, which is a useful strategy that can make this difficult period a positive experience for families and health professionals alike

Aesthetics · Autonomy · Developmental psychology · Disenfranchised grief · General partnership · Grief · Job loss · Phenomenon · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychological resilience · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Medicine · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare · Psychology · Social Psychology

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