A study of continuing bonds and their impact on life attitudes in parents of murdered children.
Description:
For most of the past century, the positive outcome of grief in the West was characterized as the relinquishment of the bond to the deceased. Phrases such as "let go", "move on", and "get over it" were, and continue to be, common to the language of this pursuit. This 'breaking bonds' perspective does not take into account other means of grief resolution, nor does it consider historical or cultural findings. Consequently, reports of bereaved parents who indicate resolution of grief yet maintain a…
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Date:
May 2006
Creator:
Haag, Marcy J.
Partner:
UNT Libraries