Question

Mr. Kwakye, a known cancer patient admitted to your ward for palliative care, died as expected by the health care team and his family. His three children keep crying even though they knew their father was a terminally ill patient. There is loss and grief.

Name and define the type of grief his three children are experiencing?

Answer 1

Normal grief
This type of grief is perfectly natural and in a normal way that people respond in a day, week or month after their loved ones' death. they show crying, tear, sobbing, changes in sleep pattern, lack of energy, lethargic, withdrawing from normal activity and difficulty in concentrating, feeling anger, guilt, loneliness, depression, sad, etc. but they gradually return to new normal life.crying is a normal response to sadness. grief and mourning happen during this period of time. it is very among children and young people.