In the context of all the loss, bereavement and grief brought on by Covid-19 and other crises there is a need to better equip professionals to mitigate this trauma in a more focused manner than simply demonstrating empathy with those affected.
highlights that death and dying has been over medicalised, sanitised and removed from the view of broader society.
This emphasises the need to integrate the discipline of palliative care into undergraduate training to better equip professionals to mitigate emotional trauma and grief in a more focused manner than simply demonstrating empathy with those affected. Grief and Bereavement is a compulsory module in palliative care training. It provides deeper professional and scientific insights into the care of those with life-threatening or terminal illness.mistakenly believe that grief is a single emotion. However, normal grief is a powerful, multifaceted and instinctive response of all sentient beings, as intense in their specific appreciation of loss as we are as human beings.
Moreover, about 7% of those who experience bereavement suffer from what is termed “complicated grief”. This involves the continued presence of intense symptoms of depression and a loss of functional agency that persist longer than the average grieving period. These symptoms can include an inability to focus on anything other than the death, intense feelings of anger and sadness, feelings of hopelessness and difficulty processing the reality of their loss.
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