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Ambiguous loss : learning to live with unresolved grief / Pauline Boss.

Ambiguous loss : learning to live with unresolved grief / Pauline Boss.
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ISBN 0674017382 (alk. paper)
0674003810 (pbk.)
Name Boss, Pauline
Title Ambiguous loss : learning to live with unresolved grief / Pauline Boss.
Published Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.
Description 155 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-151)
Contents 1. Frozen Grief -- 2. Leaving without Goodbye -- 3. Goodbye without Leaving -- 4. Mixed Emotions -- 5. Ups and Downs -- 6. The Family Gamble -- 7. The Turning Point -- 8. Making Sense out of Ambiguity -- 9. The Benefit of a Doubt.
Summary When a loved one dies we mourn our loss. We take comfort in the rituals that mark the passing, and we turn to those around us for support. But what happens when there is no closure, when a family member or a friend who may be still alive is lost to us nonetheless? How, for example, does the mother whose soldier son is missing in action, or the family of an Alzheimer's patient who is suffering from severe dementia, deal with the uncertainty surrounding this kind of loss? In this sensitive and lucid account, Pauline Boss explains that, all too often, those confronted with such ambiguous loss fluctuate between hope and hopelessness. Suffered too long, these emotions can deaden feeling and make it impossible for people to move on with their lives. Yet the central message of this book is that they can move on. Drawing on her research and clinical experience, Boss suggests strategies that can cushion the pain and help families come to terms with their grief.
Subjects Loss (Psychology)
Grief
Families -- Psychological aspects
Interpersonal relations
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