Ambiguous Loss
Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief
Published on 1. July 2009
176 pages
978-0-674-02858-6 (ISBN)
Description
What happens when there is mourning with no closure, when a family member or a friend who may be still alive is lost to us nonetheless? How, for example, does the mother whose soldier son is missing in action, or the family of an Alzheimer's patient who is suffering from severe dementia, deal with the uncertainty surrounding this kind of loss?
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-02858-6 (9780674028586)
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Person
Pauline Boss is Professor of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota, past President of the National Council on Family Relations, and a psychotherapist in private practice.
Content
Contents 1 Frozen Grief 2 Leaving without Goodbye 3 Goodbye without Leaving 4 Mixed Emotions 5 Ups and Downs 6 The Family Gamble 7 The Turning Point 8 Making Sense out of Ambiguity 9 The Benefit of a Doubt Notes Acknowledgments
