Paliatívna medicína a liečba bolesti 2/2012

Significant factors affecting the grieving process of socio-psychological perspective

In this paper we deal with the most important factors affecting the management of loss of a loved one. We describe the importance of informal social support, which is to day in sufficient. Another important factors influencing the process of grieving are the circumstances of death, relationship of survivor to the deceased, simultaneous stress factors and personality.

Keywords: mourning, survivors, social support.