ISBN:
0415947499
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxi, 259 p)
,
23 cm
Edition:
2nd ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Series in death, dying, and bereavement
Parallel Title:
Print version Widow to Widow : How the Bereaved Help One Another
DDC:
306.88
Keywords:
Widows Psychology
;
Widows
;
Self-help groups
;
Bereavement
Abstract:
This revised and updated second edition emphasizes the social and psychological transitions that accompany widowhood, facilitating the process of change from wife to widow to woman
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Theoretical Perspectives on Grief and Helping; Chapter 2 Widows and Widowers: Gender Differences; Chapter 3 Grief As a Time of Loss and Change:; Chapter 4 Help in a Mutual-Help Context; Chapter 5 Could This Really Be Happening to Me?; Chapter 6 Uncertainty: What Will Happen Next?; Chapter 7 Looking to the Future: The Fruits of Help; Chapter 8 Parenting Alone: Widowed with Dependent Children; Chapter 9 The Older Widowed; Conclusion; Appendices; References; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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