Living with Grief: Who We Are, how We GrieveKenneth J. Doka, Joyce Davidson This book was produced as a companion to the Hospice Foundation of America's fifth annual National Bereavement Teleconference. Hospice Foundation of America is a not-for-profit organization that provides leadership in the development and application of hospice and its philosophy of care. Through education, research, and philanthropic programs, Hospice Foundation of America assists those who cope either personally or professionally with terminal illness, death, and the process of grief. |
Contents
Spirituality Loss and Grief | 7 |
ASIAN WAYS OF GRIEF | 13 |
WHAT YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR | 27 |
CHRISTIANS IN GRIEF | 39 |
A MUSLIM PERSPECTIVE | 47 |
Ethnicity and Culture | 57 |
SOCIOCULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR WORKING | 83 |
DEVELOPING CULTURAL COMPETENCY | 97 |
DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVES ON GRIEF AND MOURNING | 143 |
HELPING INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES | 161 |
THE WORLD OF THE DEAF COMMUNITY | 181 |
SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GRIEF | 199 |
Making Sense Out of Loss | 219 |
DECIDING WHAT IS RIGHT WHEN WE ARE SO DIFFERENT | 239 |
POWERFUL AND EMPOWERING | 261 |
A TRANSCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE | 277 |
Gender Development | 107 |
DYING AND GRIEVING IN THE INNER CITY | 113 |
GENDER DIFFERENCES IN BEREAVEMENT EXPRESSION | 121 |
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