Parent Grief: Narratives of Loss and RelationshipPsychology 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 |
The Story of the Dying Process | 37 |
The End of Life | 48 |
Naming the Cause of Death | 55 |
Summary | 61 |
Words Said During the Funeral | 71 |
The Language of Pain | 83 |
Narratives about Parenting Other Children | 157 |
Finding Support | 163 |
Talking to Others about the Death | 170 |
Learning from Reading and Song | 181 |
13 | 187 |
God and Religion | 207 |
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