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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, c2011.Description: 258 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1439148333 : HRD
  • 9781439148334
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.9/370973 22
LOC classification:
  • BF575.G7 K638 2011
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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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