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Question 9 Not yet answered is an internal emotional reaction to loss. Marked out of 1.00 P Flag Question Select one: O a. Depression b. Grief c. Bereavement d. Mourning Kubler-Ross defines five stages of dying, which statement is characteristic of the denial stage? Question 10 Not yet answered Marked out of 1.00 P Flag Select one: a. "Why me? I quit drinking over twenty years." b. "I waited all these years to see my daughter get married. Now I may not be here to see her walk down the aisle. O C. "They made a mistake in the diagnosis. Maybe they mixed up my records with someone else's.. d. "I've lived a good life. I have no regrets: all my arrangements are made."

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1. Grief is the internal emotional reaction to loss .Grief refers to the anticipatory reaction to a loss .Denial ,sadness ,anger ,fear and anxiety are the normal grief reactions in people with life threatening illness .Grief maybe considered as a normal internal feeling where the individual experiences feeling in a reaction to loss .Grief has various dimensions such as Physical ,Cognitive ,Behavioural ,social ,Cultural and spiritual dimensions .Grief differs from bereavement. Grief is a reaction to loss where as bereavement refers to the state of loss .
2. The appropriate answer is “Why me ? I quit drinking over twenty years”.Denial is the first stage in the five steps of dying .It is the first reaction after which a patient reacts about the immediate shock .It is one of the common defence mechanism to show the stage of grief .It is the first stage of grieving process which paves the way for stages in grief .According to Kuber Ross ,he develops a five stages of grief as - Denial ,Anger ,Bargaining,Depression,Acceptance .