Grief, Bereavement and Meaning Making in Older People: Views from Rural China

ISBN-13: 9781032174778 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 180 str.

Haimin Pan

Opis

This book offers updated views from incorporating meaning making theory and social constructionist theory to examine the mediating roles of meaning making and help readers to understand grief and bereavement experiences of the widowed elderly population in China.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements List of Tables List of Figures Chapter 1 – Background on Grief Chapter 2 – Grief and Its Diversity Chapter 3 – Meaning Making Theory and Traditioanl Culture Chapter 4 – Perspectives from Meaning Making Model Chapter 5 – Empirical Feedback of Bereaved Chinese Elders Based on Meaning Making Model Chapter 6 – Helplessness in Bereaved Chinese Elders Chapter 7 – Conclusion and Remarks References Appendix Index

O autorze

Haimin Pan is a former researcher at the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at City University of Hong Kong and now works in Xiamen University. She also gained her PhD from the City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.