The truth about grief : the myth of its five stages and the new science of loss /

Konigsberg, Ruth Davis.

The truth about grief : the myth of its five stages and the new science of loss / Ruth Davis Konigsberg. - New York : Simon & Schuster, c2011. - 258 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The American way of grief -- Is widowhood forever? -- The work of grief -- The making of a bestseller -- The grief counseling industry -- The grief disease and resilience -- Grief and the sexes -- Grief for export.

Challenges traditional understandings about how people process grief and loss, arguing that grieving is a potentially liberating experience that cannot be accurately compartmentalized in accordance with Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's "five stage" process.

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