Grief is a life changing and universal experience, expressed through individual sets of
responses and behaviours. Society and health workers' interpretation and beliefs regarding …

In recent decades research evidence on the experience of grief has led to a broadening of
attention from the traditional focus on an emotional journey from distress to 'recovery'. This …

For the past decade our understandings of grief have undergone series of challenges and
changes. These challenges include recognising the effects of non-death related losses, the …

'Viewpoint'articles where we invite authors to write short pieces drawing on their
professional and/or personal experience on key topics in bereavement research, policy or …

This paper examines and discusses specific grief theories that have emerged over a number
of years, resulting in an overview of some of the main theories for the reader. It aims to …

Dealing with the social experience of grief, loss and bereavement are challenging areas for
everyone, including health and social care practitioners who are often well placed to offer …

'In a book that is replete with illustrative case studies, Linda Machin draws together the
findings of a wide range of psychological and sociological theory and research in order to …

Traditional theories about grief and bereavement have been fundamentally and thoroughly
challenged, primarily by Stroebe and Stroebe (1987), Wortman and Silver (1989), and …

Life is punctuated with many losses but none are more affecting than those associated with
death, dying and bereavement. As people face their own end of life journey or that of …

and between professional health caregivers and the family of the dead person. 7. There is
deepening realisation that in helping mourners cope with grief we are dealing not just with …