Efforts Have Been Made To Suggest Ways For People To Communicate With Those Going Through The Bereavement Process. Bereavement Is Defined As The Period Of Time Following A Death That An Individual Grieves Or Suffers The Emotional Loss Of Another Person. The Purpose Of The Study Was To Examine Perceptions Of Various Strategies Used To Comfort Grievers, and to examine how relational and situational factors affect those perceptions. A working solution was created to help people know what to communicate and when to discuss death with an individual going through the bereavement process.
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