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Shall we merge this with grief then? Richard001 22:25, 8 April 2007 (UTC) reply

I don't think so. It is a separate phenomenon. There is a lot of information out there on it. It is much discussed. Relatives of loved ones with long term illnesses such as Alzheimer's have to deal with this. I think it should stand as a separate article, to highlight it as an often overlooked set of emotions that one has to deal with. It would be good if the main article on grief said more about this. I should try to expand this subject in both articles. I just think that it would tend to be subsumed in the much more well understood subject of the grief that follows actual death. So, I don't think that merging is called for. Bus stop 22:39, 8 April 2007 (UTC) reply

I'm usually more for starting small articles as subsections within a larger topic and seeing how they evolve from there. We'll see what others think about it, hopefully a few people will see the notice on the grief article and make a comment. For now I'll try to tidy it up a bit. Richard001 08:58, 9 April 2007 (UTC) reply

Lucrezia - 19-04-07. Yes, it should be included. My father-in-law deteriorated in health over a period of 5 months before he died. During this time, I quite often would have a good cry after visiting him and felt distressed etc. I believe the grieving process starts back there.

I still feel it's better to leave it in the grief article until it's ready to break out into it's own article. I don't think it does Wikipedia any good to have tiny one or two line articles when there is a single broader topic they can be merged into. There's no doubt this topic deserves it's own article but I don't feel it does the subject any justice as is, so unless someone plans to expand it a good deal I think it would be better just to redirect to grief and let it grow there as a subsection. Richard001 10:22, 19 April 2007 (UTC) reply

• Oppose. I would hope this would be expanded into a full text article, which can be refered to from the grief article. — Reinyday, 15:34, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, that's three to one, so I'll take the merge template down I guess. Richard001 04:47, 20 May 2007 (UTC) reply

Which is it? "...so grief experienced before the loss does not necessarily reduce grief after the death.[1] However, there may be little grieving after the loss due to anticipatory grief.[3]..." Dehughes ( talk) 14:44, 30 September 2015 (UTC) reply

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