Parent Grief: Narratives of Loss and Relationship

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Psychology Press, 2000 - 252 pages
Explores what couple and individual stories say and do not say about the child's dying and death and about parent grief. The author uses narratives as his tool for the introduction and exploration of the many facets of parental grief.
 

Contents

The Narratives of Bereaved Parents
1
What Parents Say Is Rooted in Culture and Community
7
Summary
13
Summary
25
12
34
The Story of the Dying Process
37
The End of Life
48
Naming the Cause of Death
55
15
136
Narratives about the Couple Relationship
139
10
157
Finding Support
163
Talking to Others about the Death
170
17
177
Learning from Reading and Song
181
13
187

Summary
61
The Language of Pain
84
Summary
91
How Parents Explain the Grief Process
103
13
108
Parent Metaphors for the Grief Process
109
The Continuing Connection with the Child
123
19
189
God and Religion
207
Perspectives on Parent Narratives and Society
223
20
231
27
239
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250
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