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anticipatory grief

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anticipatory grief,
feelings of grief that develop before, rather than after, a loss.


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Here, we can help them with anticipatory grief and to deal with the anger and resentment that they're feeling very nonjudgmentally.
A grief reaction to an expected death or loss is referred to as anticipatory grief (Aldrich, 1963; Fulton & Gottesman, 1980; Lindemann, 1944; Rando, 1986).
Anticipatory grief is not to be confused with forewarning of loss.
 
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