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An Intimate Loneliness: Supporting Bereaved Parents and Siblings

Medical Entomology and ZoologyPublished 1 January 2000
Gordon Riches, P Dawson
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Abstract

Introduction: an intimate loneliness. Order out of chaos - personal, social and cultural resources for making sense of loss a bleak and lonely landscape - problems of adjustment for bereaved parents what about me? problems of adjustment for bereaved siblings connections and disconnections - ways family members deal with lost relationships difficult deaths and problems of adjustment things that help -supporting bereaved parents. Conclusion: professional support in a post-modem world. appendix: shoestring and bicolage.

Keywords

Psychology