1. Do you know anyone who died suddenly or at a very young age? What did you observe about their emotions or those of their loved ones? Can you recall any specific behaviors that might be categorized as one or more of the five stages of grief? How did you respond? How are these behaviors and your response to them different than or the same as when someone died a peaceful death?
2. Why might someone who is about to undergo a double mastectomy experience grief? How is the grief associated with undergoing a double mastectomy similar to or different than the grief associated with the death of a loved one?Role play how you might respond to a terminal patient who is in the denial stage. What are some statements you would expect to hear from someone in the denial stage? How would you respond?
3. Do you know anyone who has died a peaceful death from natural causes, disease, or injury? What did you observe about their emotions in the months or weeks before their death? Can you recall any specific behaviors that might be categorized as one or more of the five stages of grief? How did you respond
4. Do you know anyone who died suddenly or at a very young age? What did you observe about their emotions or those of their loved ones? Can you recall any specific behaviors that might be categorized as one or more of the five stages of grief? How did you respond? How are these behaviors and your response to them different than or the same as when someone died a peaceful death?

Reference: On Grief and grieving : Finding the meaning of grief Through the five stages of loss (2005)

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