The Many Faces Of Bereavement : The Nature And Treatment Of Natural Traumatic And Stigmatized Grief

Overviews the traditional models of grief, emphasizing the treatment of parental grief and the grief response of the elderly following the death of a spouse. Details suggested typologies and treatment strategies for traumatized and stigmatized processes of grief that are specific to the mode of dea

First published in 1995. Death and dying have been a concern of mankind as long as humans have existed. This book will explore the development and specifications of traditional models of grief to underline the importance of what is known about the process of grief, considering variables such as relationship, age, and personal characteristics of the mourner, as well as providing a framework of symptomatology specific to non-traumatizing, non-stigmatizing deaths for the purposes of comparative and theoretical specification. It is proposed that what is known about the grief response following the death of a spouse, a child, or an aged parent has valuable implications for grief model development considering other modes of death such as murder, drunk driving, AIDS, critical incidents, and suicide, though these conceptualizations are insufficient in explaining or predicting outcomes with these other types of grief.