The family is often the primary context in which grief is acknowledged and shared. In his
classic essay, Family's Reaction to Death, Murray Bowen argues that loss in the family can …

This paper addresses the importance of attending to the interplay of one person's grief with
that of another in the context of the family's relationship to the culture at large, where the …

Studies of grief and bereavement have long recognized that relationship and attachment to
the deceased is a critical determinant of the intensity of grief. Yet most studies only examine …

This study explored the complex, multifaceted, relational dimensions of the grieving process
within the family system. Three bereaved families, who had lost a child, participated in a …

This chapter applies an interpersonal framework to illuminate grief's profound disruptions,
highlighting the relational resources families use to moderate multiple stressors associated …

This article takes a constructivistlinterpretivist view of grief within the interactive, meaning-
making system of the family. Grief is viewed as a multidimensional process of …

Suggests that grief is a family affair; yet, in the past, there has been more concentration on
the ways that individuals, rather than families, make meaning of their loss. The author …

For many people death is synonymous with darkness and the unknown and for many
thousands of years it has challenged the world's greatest philosophers. Different civilisations …

Mourning is a process of social disengagement. In our modern society, however, the
influence of social and religious institutions on the process of mourning has significantly …