The Loss of a Life Partner

, by Walter, Carolyn Ambler

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ISBN: 9780231119696 | 0231119690
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 3/1/2003

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Acknowledgments

Introduction

Theories of Grief: How They Inform Our Understanding of the Loss of a Partner

(12)

Classical Paradigm of Grief

(4)

Postmodern Paradigm of Grief

(5)

Integrating the Paradigms

(3)

Loss of a Partner: Current Issues

(24)

Review of Literature on Loss of a Spouse

(9)

Gender and Grief

(2)

Review of Literature on Opposite-Sex Partner Loss

(1)

Review of Literature on Same-Sex Partner Loss

(9)

Similarities and Differences Among Types of Partner Loss

(2)

Chapter Summary

(1)

Loss of a Spouse

(49)

Young Widows and Widowers

(33)

Bereaved Older Spouses

(13)

Chapter Summary

(3)

Loss of an Opposite-Sex Partner

(46)

Disenfranchised Grief

(43)

Chapter Summary

129

(3)

Loss of a Gay Partner

132

(29)

Issues Faced by a Bereaved Gay Partner

132

(26)

Chapter Summary

158

(3)

Loss of a Lesbian Partner

161

(40)

Issues Faced by a Bereaved Lesbian Partner

161

(36)

Chapter Summary

197

(4)

Similar and Diverse Themes Among Bereaved Partners

201

(19)

Ambivalence Regarding Existing Ties with the Deceased Partner

201

(2)

Discrimination Experienced by Surviving Partners in Nontraditional Relationships

203

(6)

Using Memories and Continuing Bonds with the Bereaved to Cope with Grieving

209

(3)

Developing New Relationships While Continuing Bonds with the Deceased Partner

212

(3)

Making Meaning from the Experience of the Death of a Partner

215

(3)

Chapter Summary

218

(2)

Interventions

220

(27)

A Classical Model of Interventions with Bereaved Partners

220

(3)

A Postmodern Model of Interventions with Bereaved Partners

223

(5)

Interventions with Bereaved Spouses

228

(2)

Interventions with Young Widows

230

(1)

Interventions with Bereaved Men

231

(3)

Interventions with Bereaved Domestic Partners

234

(3)

Interventions with Bereaved Lesbian Partners

237

(3)

Interventions with Bereaved Gay Partners

240

(2)

Working with Gay and Lesbian Bereaved Partners

242

(3)

Chapter Summary

245

(2)

Clinical Implications

247

(14)

Clinical Implications for Interventions with Bereaved Partners

247

(6)

Clinical Implications for Interventions with Bereaved Partners from Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Relationships

253

(2)

Clinical Implications for a Response to the Events of September 11, 2001

255

(1)

Conclusions

256

(5)

References

261

(8)

Index

269

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The Loss of a Life Partner

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