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| Bereavement in adult life | | Author(s) | Colin Murray Parkes |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 316, 14 March 1998 |
| Pages | pp 856-859 (Coping with loss, 1) |
| Keywords | Bereavement ; Adults ; General practice. |
| Annotation | This is the first in a series of ten articles - adapted from `Coping with loss', edited by the author - dealing with the different types of loss which doctors will meet in their practice. A quarter of consultations in an Australian survey in 1986 were identified as resulting from types of loss: separations from loved ones, incapacitation, bereavement, migration, relocation, job losses, birth of a baby, retirement, and professional loss. The consequences of loss are far-reaching, and the topic should occupy a large part of health care providers' training - but this is not the case. The author summarises some recent approaches to loss, the components of grief, and the normal course of grief. Factors increasing risk after bereavement, complications of bereavement, preventing and treating complicated grief, and supporting bereaved people are outlined. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980623221 A |
| Classmark | DW: SD: L5 * |
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