How we grieve: relearning the world

Abstract

Introduction to the Second Edition Chapter 1 - Stories of Grieving: Listening and Responding *Martin and Louise *Jennifer Bill, Diane and Margaret Ed, Elise, and David Kathryn Colleen Stories Are the Heart of the Matter: The Point of Thinking about Grieving Why Do Persons Look to Books on Grieving? They Seek General Understanding They Seek Respect for Individuality They Seek Ways to Deal with Helplessness in Grieving They Seek Guidance for Caregivers Chapter 2 - Grieving Is Active: We Need Not Be Helpless *The Story of Martin and Louise *Jennifer's Story Bereavement Is Choiceless, but Grieving Is Not Grief Is an Emotion, Grieving a Coping Process Some Say We Grieve in Stages or Phases Some Describe Our Grieving in Medical Terms Is It Helpful to Talk of Stages, Phases and Medical Analogies? Some Say that as We Grieve We Address Tasks A Task-Based, Active View Some Choices We All Have as We Grieve Grieving Is Active: A Summary Chapter 3 - Respecting Individuals When They Grieve *The Story of Bill and Diane *Respecting Individual Flourishing Respecting Individual Vulnerabilities Acting Respectfully Once We Understand Individual Flourishing and Vulnerability What Our Self-Respect Requires Chapter 4 - Relearning the World: How We Grieve *The Story of Ed and Elise *How We Relearn Our Worlds The Worlds We Relearn We Relearn Our Physical Surroundings We Relearn Our Relationships with Fellow Survivors We Relearn Our Selves We Relearn Our Places in Space and Time The Power of the Relearning Idea Chapter 5 - Relearning Our Selves: Grief and Personal Integrity *David's Story *Margaret's Story How Are We to Understand Ourselves in Loss and Grief? An Image of How We Become the Selves We Are Our Selves in Loss and Grief: Elaborating the Image As We Cope, We Engage with and Move beyond Suffering We Struggle to Put Our Shattered Lives Back Together We Seek New Ways to Complete Our Life Stories We Become Whole Again as Parts of Larger Wholes Together We Reshape Our Families and Communities Advantages of This Idea of Relearning Our Selves Chapter 6 - Relearning Our Relationships with the Deceased: Grief, Love and Separation *Kathryn's Story *Colleen's Story What We Lose, and What We Do Not Lose, When Someone Dies Let Go We Must, but Not Entirely We Continue to Love and Cherish the Stories of Lives Now Ended We Still Care About What Those Who Died Cared About. Advantages of This Idea of Relearning Our Relationships with the Deceased Index

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