A review on anticipatory grief: a lessons learnt from the history of Abu Bakr r.a.

• Main Authors: Md Rosli, Najwa Hanim, Md Tahir, Mohd Faiz, Harris, Jefri Irwan, Sakhi Mohd, Muhammad Al Siddiq, Nasution, Nor Jannah, Razali, Zul Azlin
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/52446/1/52446_presentation.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/52446/; http://www.iium.edu.my/wcii/

Introduction: Grief is defined as ‘the internal experience of a person to the loss of something loved and valued’. It is a normal and expected reaction to loss. While anticipatory grief is defined as ‘an emotional response that is experienced before a true loss’, a concept focusing on that a person...