Bereavement is often treated as a psychological condition of the individual with both healthy
and pathological forms. However, this empirically-grounded study argues that this is not …

Working With the Bereaved summarizes the major themes in bereavement research and
clinical work and uses the authors' own cutting-edge research to show mental-health …

The dominant model found in contemporary bereavement literature sees grief as a working
through of emotion, the eventual goal being to move on and live without the deceased. This …

How we cope with grief and come to terms with the death of a loved one shapes our world.
In this comprehensive guide to the mourning process, Dr Volkan, a world-recognised …

'Insightful and refreshing.'-Professor Dennis Klass, Webster University Religion Department,
St. Louis, USA'A tour de force.'-Dr Colin Murray Parkes, OBE, MD, FRCPsych, President of …

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ANATOMY OF BEREAVEMENT A handbook for the caring professions Beverley Raphael Page …

The loss of a loved one is one of the most painful experiences that most of us will ever have
to face in our lives. This book recognises that there is no single solution to the problems of …

In contrast to dominant Western conceptions of bereavement in largely intrapsychic terms,
the authors argue that grief or mourning is not primarily an interior process, but rather one …

Sandra, a 42-year-old secretary and divorced mother of two young sons, experiences
periodic upsurges of grief following the death of her mother from cancer three years ago …

To a far greater extent than other animals, we as human beings are distin-guished by living
not only in a present, physical world, but also in a world populated by long-term memories …