Abstract
Joy and pleasure are easy to communicate and to accept but grief can be shared only when it is recognised and when someone is prepared to accept the pain of the sharing.
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Kubler-Ross, E. (1978). On Death and Dying. London: Tavistock.
Lamerton, R. (1980). Care of the Dying. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
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Garfield, C. A. (1979). Stress and Survival. London: C. V. Mosby.
Hinton, J. (1967). Dying. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
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Gooch, J. (1984). Loss, Grief and Death. In: The other Side of Surgery. New Approaches to Care. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17398-3_5
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