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Bereavement : studies of grief in adult life.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Penguin, 2010.Edition: 4th ed. / Colin Murray Parkes and Holly G. PrigersonDescription: xvii, 350 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780141049410 (pbk.) :
  • 0141049413 (pbk.) :
  • 9780415451185 (hbk.) :
  • 0415451183 (hbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.937 22
LOC classification:
  • BF575.G7
Contents:
The cost of commitment -- The broken heart -- Trauma -- Attachment and loss -- Mitigation -- Anger and guilt -- Changing the assumptive world -- Complicated grief -- Determinants of grief -- Determinants of grief -- Determinants of grief -- Determinants of grief -- Helping the bereaved : bereavement support- history and evaluation -- Helping the bereaved : types of help for types of problem -- Helping the bereaved : sources of help -- Reactions to other types of loss -- Disasters.
Summary: Long recognised as the most authoritative work of its kind, Colin Murray Parkes' classic text is brought up to date in this new edition. The author re-examines his findings in the light of the latest research and develops new theories on bereavement.
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This ed. originally published: London: Routledge, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The cost of commitment -- The broken heart -- Trauma -- Attachment and loss -- Mitigation -- Anger and guilt -- Changing the assumptive world -- Complicated grief -- Determinants of grief -- Determinants of grief -- Determinants of grief -- Determinants of grief -- Helping the bereaved : bereavement support- history and evaluation -- Helping the bereaved : types of help for types of problem -- Helping the bereaved : sources of help -- Reactions to other types of loss -- Disasters.

Long recognised as the most authoritative work of its kind, Colin Murray Parkes' classic text is brought up to date in this new edition. The author re-examines his findings in the light of the latest research and develops new theories on bereavement.

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