Grief and Guilt: "I Can't Believe I Did That" Edition
When we train physicians, nurses, and other hospital staff on providing good end-of-life care, we always start and end by…
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"I should have known...": Understanding Hindsight Bias in Grief
- General
- Eleanor Haley
People have a natural tendency to sift through the ashes of tragedy in search of explanations. To quote Holocaust survivor…
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The Moments that Matter: Looking at life in hindsight
- Understanding Grief
- Eleanor Haley
I didn't have a meaningful moment with my mother before she died. Well, that's not true, my life with her…
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Guilt vs Regret in Grief
- Emotion
- Understanding Grief
- Litsa Williams
When it comes to grief, guilt and regret are words that get tossed around pretty regularly. We all have things…
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Guilt and Grief: coping with the shoulda, woulda, couldas
- Coping with Grief
- Emotion
- Understanding Grief
- Litsa Williams
When my dad died I remember well the intense guilt I had in the months that followed. Though his death…
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