Mary Is a Social Worker Who Has Been Given a Referral

Multiple Choice

Mary is a social worker who has been given a referral to see Candice. Candice has recently been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. Candice spends most of the first session describing how one of the most difficult aspects of her disease is no longer thinking of herself as someone who is healthy. Mary realizes that Candice is grieving for her former self and experiencing a ______________________.

A) Physical loss
B) Normative loss
C) Psychosocial loss
D) Nonnormative loss