Everyone at some point in their life experiences some sort of distress that will cause them some sort of pain. Every person deals or doesn't deal with it differently. Despite the many different beliefs and theories about the process and levels of pain, there is one thing in common. It can be very difficult, and sometimes life-changing, to deal with and overcome grief. People who experience the loss of a loved one have great difficulty accepting their own death, as demonstrated by denial, bargaining, anger, false acceptance, and actual acceptance expressed by the grieving person. People going through a difficult loss of someone often like to show denial. Denial that the mother, father, grandfather, son are dying. Denying that things will be different after they are gone. Denying that they are actually suffering. While there are many other things that come up when someone is about to move into the last phase of their story, denial is the most prevalent. Michael Robert Dennis' main goal in his article, "Do Self-Help Books on Grief Convey Contemporary Perspectives on Grief?", was to outline the questions surrounding self-help books and how and whether they can help someone to overcome the pain. Dennis states that some people do not recognize the need to move on, instead they feel the need to continue the “shared relationship” (393). They deny the fact that they would need it because they don't even believe they could leave. Charlotte Epstein, in her book “Nursing the Dying Patient: Learning Processes for Interaction”, delves into and analyzes the dying phase; denial, anger, bargaining, mourning and acceptance. It can be hard to believe that someone, or yourself, is dying. Dr. Epstein states that “That's not… half of the paper… January 6, 2014. O'Neill, Brett. "A Father's Grief: Facing Stillbirth." Nursing Forum 33.4 (1998): 33. Premier Academic Research. Network. February 24, 2014.Richardson, Meg, Vanessa Cobham, Brett McDermott, and Judith Murray. “Youth Mental Illness and the Family: Parental Loss and Grief.” Journal of Child and Family Studies 22.5 (2013): 719-736. Premier of academic research. Network. February 9, 2014. Ross, Elisabeth. Questions and answers about death and dying. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1974. Print.Ross, Elisabeth. “Why is it so hard to die?” Death: The final stage of growth. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1975. 5-26. Print.Wenzel, Jennifer, Maya Shaha, Rachel Klimmek, and Sharon Krumm. “Working through grief and loss: Oncology nurses' perspectives on professional grief.” Oncology Nursing Forum 38.4 (2011): E272-E282. Premier of academic research. Network. February 16. 2014.