Continuing Bonds

New Understandings of Grief

Dennis Klass, Phyllis R. Silverman, Steven Nickman , Steven Nickman

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Taylor & Francis Inc
01 February 1996

Sociology: death & dying; Counselling & advice services; Coping with death & bereavement

Series: Death Education, Aging and Health Care

This new book gives voice to an emerging consensus among bereavement scholars that our understanding of the grief process needs to be expanded. The dominant 20th century model holds that the function of grief and mourning is to cut bonds with the deceased, thereby freeing the survivor to reinvest in new relationships in the present. Pathological grief has been defined in terms of holding on to the deceased. Close examination reveals that this model is based more on the cultural values of modernity than on any substantial data of what people actually do. Presenting data from several populations, 22 authors - among the most respected in their fields - demonstrate that the health resolution of grief enables one to maintain a continuing bond with the deceased. Despite cultural disapproval and lack of validation by professionals, survivors find places for the dead in their on-going lives and even in their communities. Such bonds are not denial: the deceased can provide resources for enriched functioning in the present. Chapters examine widows and widowers, bereaved children, parents and siblings, and a population previously excluded from bereavement research: adoptees and their birth parents. Bereavement in Japanese culture is also discussed, as are meanings and implications of this new model of grief. Opening new areas of research and scholarly dialogue, this work provides the basis for significant developments in clinical practice in the field.

Edited by: Dennis Klass, Phyllis R. Silverman, Steven Nickman, Steven Nickman
Imprint: Taylor & Francis Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 635g
ISBN: 9781560323365
ISBN 10: 1560323361
Series: Death Education, Aging and Health Care
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 01 February 1996
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dennis Klass, Phyllis R. Silverman, Steven L., Nickman