title: The grief process for patient, family, and physician.
abstract: In the grieving process, patient, family, and health professionals have the same needs-rest, relaxation, nourishment, a sense of security, trust, hope in the future, and humor among them. Grief, defined as a shared, universal, and natural neuropsychobiologic expression in response to loss, is distinct from mourning, a practice that varies in expression across diverse cultures. To aid in an understanding of grief and its effects, the author looks at the models for grief proposed by Kubler-Ross, Bowlby, Parkes, Worden, and Wolfelt. Addressing patients' concerns requires physicians be empathic, attentive, and respective and have willingness to take time, be present, and listen.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D017028:Caregivers; D005190:Family; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010361:Patients; D010820:Physicians