Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-230) and index.
Contents
Introduction and plan of the book -- Definitions : understanding grief -- Patterns of grief and intuitive grief -- Instrumental grief -- Dissonant responses -- Personality as a shaper of patterns -- The role of gender -- Culture as a shaping agent -- Adaptive strategies : implications for counselors -- Strategies for self-help and intervention : the need for interventive intentionality.
