Living With Grief - Who We Are How We Grieve

Produced as a companion to the Hospice Foundation of America's fifth annual National Bereavement Teleconference, this volume examines how key aspects of identity affect how individuals grieve. Variables explored include culture, spirituality, age and development level, class and gender.

List of contents

Spirituality, Loss, and Grief; Ethnicity and Culture; Varied Experience: Gender, Development, Class, and Cultural Influences on Grief; Making Sense Out of Loss; Conclusion

About the author

Kenneth J. Doka, Joyce D. Davidson

Summary

An examination of how different aspects affect how individuals grieve. The effect of variables such as culture, spirituality, age and class are explored, aiming to remind caregivers that attention must be paid to such variables when working with clients and designing support programmes.

Product details

• Assisted by: Joyce D Davidson (Editor), Joyce D. Davidson (Editor), Davidson Joyce D. (Editor), Kenneth J Doka (Editor), Kenneth J. Doka (Editor), Doka Kenneth J. (Editor), Gordon Jack D. (Foreword)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.1998
• EAN: 9780876308981
• ISBN: 978-0-87630-898-1
• No. of pages: 326
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; SELF-HELP / Death, Grief, Bereavement, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Psychotherapy, Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services