Dying Case Study Essay

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In this case Sally and Mike are the parents of a child that lost his battle with cancer and passed away a month ago. Their son was only 6 years old upon his passing. Sally is having a hard time dealing with the death of her son and has admitted that she feels guilty for still being alive and even with still living her life. She does not feel that this is a normal way of life, a child passing before the parent, and feels that there is no reason for her to live as her life is over now. However, Mike has a different feeling about their son’s death and states that he was here for a short time and it was his time leave because he did the work he was here for; that is how life is. Although Mike is here to support Sally because of all her feelings;…show more content…
The first stage is called denial and isolation; this is when the person or persons are in shock and not able to accept the death as in the case of Sally and the death of her son (Kanel, K., 2007). She does not feel that this is right that her son has passed before her and she cannot believe it has happened. The second stage is anger; at this stage a person is very aware of their feeling about the death and usually has a feeling of rage or intense pain, Sally seems to have the intense pain, but she is not showing any signs of rage at this point. Sally is however showing sign of the third stage and that is bargaining and Mike has even heard trying to make a deal with God to take her and bring her son back. The next stage is usually depression; this is when the person or persons actually experiences the true mourning and grief of the death, they experience sad feelings, feel nonenergetic and are despondent to those around them. The final stage is acceptance; in this case Mike is at this stage and seems to want Sally to be there as well. This stage is when the person or persons have pulled out of their depression, and have accepted the death and are able to move on with their live (Kanel, K., 2007). There are many ways to deal with a death or the process of dying, but in the majority of cases these stages will be seen. Because

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