Which Finding Indicates Successful Completion of an Individual's Grief and Mourning

question 17

Multiple Choice

Which finding indicates successful completion of an individual's grief and mourning?

• A) For 2 years after her husband's death, a widow has kept her husband's belongings in their usual places.
• B) After 15 months, a widower realistically remembers both the pleasures and disappointments of his relationship with his wife.
• C) Three years after her husband's death, the widow talks about her husband as if he is alive and weeps when others mention his name.
• D) Eighteen months after a spouse's death, an adult says, "I have never cried or had feelings of loss, even though we were very close."

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Definitions:

Contingent Liability

A potential financial obligation that may arise in the future depending on the outcome of a specific event.

Reasonably Possible

A term used in accounting and law to indicate that a future event or condition has a chance of occurring.

Liability

A company's financial debt or obligations that arise during the course of its business operations.

Probable Loss

An estimated loss from a contingent liability that is likely to occur and can be reasonably estimated.