Understanding loss and grief for women [electronic resource] : a new perspective on their pain and healing / Robert W. Buckingham, DrPH, and Peggy A. Howard, PhD
Includes bibliographical references (pages163-176) and index
Introduction -- The social construction of women's roles (traditional, transitional, modern/postmodern) -- The social construction of grief -- Women's socially constructed grief response -- The complexity of grief -- Factors influencing grief response -- Death of a spouse or partner: a widow's grief -- Death of a marriage: divorce grief -- Death of a child: a mother's loss and grief -- Retirement loss and grief -- Health impacts of grief -- Beginnings and reconciliations
