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    Impact of Social and Psychological Factors

    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book appeals to scholars and students interested in culture and bereavement. Bereavement occurs in a socio-cultural context, which helps to provide an understanding ofhow people would cope with grief, accordingly. For example, coping with grief in the context of the workplace would be different than coping with grief in the case of a spousal loss. When compared to competing books, this book’s ... Read more

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  • Understanding Death and Dying

    Encountering Death, Dying, and the Afterlife

    Understanding Death and Dying teaches students about death, dying, bereavement, and afterlife beliefs by asking them to apply this content to their lives and to the world around them. Students see differing cultural experiences discussed in context with key theories and research. The text’s pedagogy delivers relevant multi- and cross-cultural applications and connections across topics. This helps ... Read more

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  • The Deceased-focused Approach to Grief

    An Alternative Model

    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    Conventional grief models focus on the bereaved, including actions that they need to take to get back to normalcy following the death of a loved one. This book suggests that it might be helpful in the grieving process to focus on the deceased, instead. Research points to the benefits of altruistic acts and thoughts, including improvements in mood. Altruistic acts and thoughts also could be ... Read more

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