Grief in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Grief in Cross-Cultural Perspective A Casebook - Garland Reference Library of Social Science

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Publisher's Synopsis

Twelve studies from diverse cultural settings are grouped according to four general categories of factors that shape the grief responses of the bereaved in highly industrialized western societies: the social meaning of death, the relationship between the deceased and the survivor, the mode of death, and the social support network. Among the communi

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Book information

ISBN: 9780824045654
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 306.9
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 428
Weight: 680g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 31mm