Living With Grief

Who We Are, How We Grieve

Published by Hospice Foundation Of America
Publication date: April, 1998
314 pp.
ISBN: 0876308981 (paperback)

Synopsis

This book was used as a companion piece to the annual bereavement teleconference sponsored by the Hospice Foundation Of America in April, 1998, and may be purchased directly from HFA.

Table of Contents

Foreword Jack D. Gordon

Acknowledgements

Introduction Kenneth J. Doka

I. Spirituality, Loss, and Grief

Asian ways of grief Dennis Klass and Robert E. Goss

What you always wanted to know about your Jewish clients' perspectives concerning death and dying -- But were afraid to ask Earl A. Grollman

Christians in grief Stephen D. McConnell

Grief: A Muslim perspective Shukria Alimi Raad

II. Ethnicity And Culture

Grief in the American culture Dana G. Cable

Looking through different eyes: Beyond cultural diversity Sherry E. Showalter

Sociocultural considerations for working with Blacks experiencing loss and grief Ronald Keith Barrett

Developing cultural competency Lynne Ann DeSpelder

III. Varied Experience: Gender, Development, Class, and Cultural Influences On Grief

Dying and grieving in the inner city Patricia A. Murphy and David M. Price

Gender differences in bereavement expression across the life Catherine M. Sanders

Revisiting masculine grief Terry L. Martin and Kenneth J. Doka

Developmental perspectives on grief and mourning Charles A. Corr

Helping individuals with developmental disabilities Claire Lavin

The world of the deaf community Frank R. Zieziula

Sexual orientation and grief Ron E. Wilder

Cultural aspects of peer support: An examination of one program's experience Bonnie Carroll

IV. Making Sense Out Of Loss

Dimensions of diversity in the reconstruction of meaning Robert A. Neimeyer and Nancy J. Keesee

Deciding what is right when we are so different David M. Price

Multicultural grief counseling Richard R. Ellis

Healing rituals: Powerful and empowering Alice Parsons Zulli

The wounded healer: A transcultural perspective Douglas C. Smith

Conclusion Joyce D. Davidson

Resource Organizations

References