Chapter 34

Question 1

anticipatory grief

Answer 1

preparatory grieving that often helps caregivers mourn the loss of their child when death actually comes.

Question 2

hospice

Answer 2

provides comforting and supportive care to terminally ill patients and their families. There are few hospice programs for children in the United States.

Question 3

thanatologist

Answer 3

person, sometimes a nurse, trained especially to work with the dying and their families.

Question 4

unfinished business

Answer 4

completing matters that will help ease the death of a loved one; saying the unsaid and doing the undone acts of love and caring that may seem difficult to express; recognizing time is limited and filling that time with the important issues that need to be taken care of.