Asked by
Garrett Leuck
on Nov 12, 2024
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The "widower effect" is when
A) a spouse remarries very quickly after being widowed.
B) a spouse dies shortly after being widowed.
C) multiple elderly nursing home patients die within a short time of each other.
D) an elderly parent moves in with an adult child after the death of his or her spouse.
Widower Effect
The observed phenomenon where individuals, especially men, show increased mortality risk after the death of a spouse, suggesting the significant impact of spousal loss on surviving partners’ health.
Widowed
A term describing someone whose spouse has died and who has not remarried.
- Grasp the sequence of grief stages and the ways in which individuals navigate their way through loss.
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Learning Objectives
- Grasp the sequence of grief stages and the ways in which individuals navigate their way through loss.