Healthy Grief
Paper instructions:
Healthy Grieving: A Comparative Analysis
Your Name
Grand Canyon University: HLT 302
Date
Healthy Grieving: A Comparative Analysis
This assignment requires that your perform a literature search on the grieving process, using readings from
module five, the GCU Library, or other websites and materials at your disposal. Focus on the work of Kübler-Ross’
grieving process and the stages of grief. In addition, review the story of Job in the Bible, focusing on his
suffering and grief. In this 500-750 minimum word count paper, further examine how this story correlates to the
grieving process defined by Kübler-Ross. Then compare and contrast the grieving process as defined by Kübler-Ross
and the story of Job by creating a chart that relates to Job’s story to the Kubler Ross stages of Grief. Compare
the relationship and interaction between the stages of Job’s Grief and the Kubler Ross stages. Relate research to
your own preferred method of handling grief. State whether your research has changed your view of grief. The
introduction paragraph previews your paper for your audience and your final sentence is your thesis; one sentence
that describes to your audience what your paper will be about.
Grieving process
In this section, briefly discuss the significance of the grieving process and why it is important for a health
a worker to understand this process for the sake of not only patients but themselves.
Kübler-Ross ‘ and the Story of Job in chart form
Stages of Grief Job’s – Experience Biblical Reference
Comparative Analysis
Examine how the Story of Job correlates to the grieving process as defined by Kübler-Ross; discuss similarities
as well as any differences.
Personal Grief Process
Relate your research to your own preferred method of handling grief. State whether your research has changed
your view of grief.
Conclusion
Sum up your paper in the conclusion paragraph. Remember that the conclusion is not a place to bring up new
information not previously discussed in your paper. The conclusion simply reviews the content and restates the
thesis from your introduction paragraph. The conclusion brings closure to your paper for the audience.
References
Remember to at the very least cite the lecture and other resources in the library regarding the grieving
process.
An example of how to cite the lecture is here ( you will obviously need to replace the information so it
matches the lectures from this course:
Grand Canyon University, Phoenix. (2013). UNV-502: Module 1: Title. Retrieved October 30, 2013, from the Grand
Canyon University Web site: http://www.gcu.edu.