Bereavement: Studies of Grief in Adult Life, Fourth Edition

by Parkes; Colin Murray

• ISBN13: 9780415451185
• ISBN10: 0415451183
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-29
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Bereavement provides guidance on preparing for the loss of a loved one, and coping once they have gone. Long recognised as the most authoritative work of its kind, this new edition is revised to take into account recent findings in the US and UK.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vii
List of Tables	p. viii
Foreword to the First Edition	p. ix
Foreword to the Fourth Edition	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xiv
The cost of commitment	p. 1
The broken heart	p. 15
Trauma	p. 33
Attachment and loss	p. 48
Continuing bonds	p. 68
Anger and guilt	p. 90
Changing the assumptive world	p. 100
Complications of grief	p. 122
Determinants of grief I: Kinship, gender and age	p. 137
Determinants of grief II: Mode of death	p. 152
Determinants of grief III: Personal vulnerability	p. 164
Determinants of grief IV: Social and cultural influences	p. 181
Helping the bereaved I: Bereavement support: History and evaluation	p. 193
Helping the bereaved II: Types of help for types of problem	p. 220
Helping the bereaved III: Sources of help	p. 238
Reactions to other types of loss	p. 252
Disasters	p. 267
Appendices	p. 279
Organizations Offering Help to the Bereaved	p. 305
Recommended Further Reading	p. 307
References	p. 309
Index	p. 337
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