Reflection on Death, Dying, and Illness in Nursing Practice

Running head: NURSING
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Reflection (Selected blog: https://www.everydaysociologyblog.com/2015/12/a-reflection-
on-death-dying-and-illness.html)
Reporting
The following reflection is based on my personal perceptions and meaning of dying
and illness and death under specialty practice area. The reflection is based on the research
article “A Reflection on Death, Dying, and Illness”, which highlights a person’s perception
about death, illness and dying. The reflective trigger will help to shape up my perception of
illness and palliative care.
Responding
The blog highlights that, the value of healthy, death and dying is a taboo in the present
day scenario as it is not discussed openly in the society. The first and foremost emotional
trigger in the mind of the a person who have experienced sudden death new of close relative
like father, mother, brother or sister is denial. The surprise or feeling or “why me”. This is
something I have never thought before. I used to personally think that giving the “sad news”
or news of some fatal disease like cancer to the family will upset and they will cry or pass on
grief and then gradually recover. However, after reading the blog, I realised that sudden state
of surprise is extremely exhausting emotionally. It might lead to complete withdrawal of faith
on daily life. Carson et al. (2016) highlighted that news of unexpected loss of a family
member or news of death or development of certain fatal disease might cause strong
emotional unrest. This emotional unrest cannot solely be characterized under depression. The
family members who have lost their close or near ones suffer from post-traumatic stress
disorder. On the other hand, a person who was first diagnosed with cancer freaks out. This
negative state of mind hampers over overall outcome of the therapy plan.