Chapter 43: Loss, Grief and Dying Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

1. Explain the concepts of loss and grieving, including types of loss and grief reactions a. Loss: inaccessibility or change in a valued person, object, or situation. i. Actual loss: loss tangible to both the person sustaining the loss and to others. 1. Ex: loss of a limb, a child, a valued object such as money, and a job ii. Perceived loss: loss tangible only to the person sustaining it. 1. Loss of youth or growing up too quickly iii. Physical loss: loss of life, limb, an object, person, ...