A client who expects to lose a foot as a result of diabetes mellitus would experience what type of loss?
a. situational c. anticipated
b. maturational d. perceived
C
Personal response to loss varies because the significance of the lost person or object is a matter of individual perception. Anticipated loss is an expected loss such as a limb or a pending death. In addition to actual loss, other types of loss can be classified as perceived, felt by a person but intangible to others (e.g., loss of self-esteem after being passed over for a job promotion); physical, loss of a part of the body (e.g., mastectomy due to cancer); psychological, or emotional loss (e.g., feeling incomplete after retirement).
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