"Overviews the traditional models of grief, emphasizing the treatment of parental grief and the grief response of the elderly following the death of a spouse. Details suggested typologies and treatment strategies for traumatized and stigmatized processes of grief that are specific to the mode of death, such as murder, drunk driving fatalities, disasters, suicide, and AIDS-related deaths. Includes a list of telephone numbers of organizations for survivors and victims." -- Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Introduction Section I: Death by Natural Causes 1. A Theoretical Overview of Traditional Models of Grief 2. The Grief Response Following Spousal Death, with an Emphasis on the Elderly 3. Parental Grief 24. The Treatment of Spousal and Parental Grief 4Section II: Traumatic Grief 5. A Theoretical Overview of Traumatic Grief 6. The Process of Grief Following a Murder 7. The Process of Grief Following a Drunk Driving Fatality 8. The Process of Grief Following a Death from a Community Disaster or Critical Incident 9. The Treatment of Traumatic Grief Section III: Stigmatized Grief 10. A Theoretical Overview of Stigmatized Grief 11. The Process of Grief After an AIDS-Related Death 12. The Grief Response Following Suicide 13. The Treatment of Stigmatized Grief Conclusion: The Many Faces of Bereavement