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The paper asserts that the death of a loved one is always difficult but when the death of a child is involved, the experience of loss must be very close to intolerable. The paper discusses how we know that certain individuals cope with loss more effectively than others, and the process of grieving can take many forms and some people experience healthy grieving while others do not manage as well. The paper looks at how Woodgate (2006) conducted a qualitative study involving 28 bereaved parents to understand how these parents manage through the death trajectory. The paper explains that the issue centered on closure: by not having closure, there was hope since closure meant the end of hope.

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"Identification of phenomenon of interest: The death of a loved one is always difficult but when the death of a child is involved, the experience of loss must be very close to intolerable. We know that certain individuals cope with loss more effectively than others. The process of grieving can take many forms and some people experience healthy grieving while others do not manage as well. Woodgate (2006) conducted a qualitative study involving 28 bereaved parents to understand how these parents manage through the death trajectory. The issue centered on closure: by not having closure, there was hope since closure meant the..."

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