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Knowledge Experience
• Grief process
• Pathophysiology of related
illness threatening a loss • Caring for a patient
• Therapeutic who experienced a

communications physical or
principles emotional loss
• Cultural perspectives on the • Caring for a patient
meaning of loss/death ASSESSMENT who died
• Family dynamics in offering • Personal experience
social support ▪ Assess meaning of loss with loss or death of a
• Concepts of caring significant other
• Concepts of stress and ▪ Observe behaviours and
coping
other symptoms indicative

of grief response
Standards Attitudes

• Apply principles outlined in ▪ Note quality and extent of • Take risks if
professional and clinical necessary, to
standards patient’s family support develop a close

• Demonstrate the ethical relationship with
principles of health care the patient to
• Apply intellectual understand loss
standards of significance;
know what is important
to the patient