Bereavement : studies of grief in adult life.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parkes, Colin Murray.

Contributor:

Prigerson, Holly G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bereavement--Psychological aspects.

Bereavement.

Grief.

Physical Description:

xvii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition / Colin Murray Parkes and Holly G. Prigerson.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

Contents:

The cost of commitment

The broken heart

Trauma

Attachment and loss

Continuing bonds

Anger and guilt

Changing the assumptive world

Complications of grief

Determinants of grief I: kinship, gender and age

Determinants of grief II: mode of death

Determinants of grief III: personal vulnerability

Determinants of grief IV: social and cultural influences

Helping the bereaved I: bereavement support: history and evaluation

Helping the bereaved II: types of help for types of problem

Helping the bereaved III: sources of help

Reactions to other types of loss

Disasters.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415451185

0415451183

OCLC:

310224897