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Resilient widowers: older men speak for themselves [Book]

By: Moore, Alinde J [Author]Contributor(s): Stratton, Dorothy [Author]Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: New York N.Y. Springer Publishing 2002 Description: Hbk, : .: 244pISBN: 0826114865Subject(s): Bereavement | Widowers | Loss | BereavementDDC classification: 155.15
Contents:
Dedication- Acknowledgments- Preface - Studying Resilience in Widowers - Models of Resilience - What Was Lost: Wives and Marriages - Illness and Death of Wife- Caregiving and Communication - Saying Good-bye - Grief and Adjustment - Living Alone - Remarriage- Life Values Carried Forward Adult Children and Other Social Support - Cohorts and the Future -Appenix A: Methodology - Appendix B: Interview Topics - Appendix C: Respondents and Characteristics - Index
Summary: Based on the authors' intensive qualitative study of a diverse group of 51 widowers, this unique book sets widowhood within the context of life experience. It identifies characteristics and patterns of behavior that contribute to widowers success, as well as lack of success, in adjusting satisfactorily to their circumstances
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Dedication- Acknowledgments- Preface - Studying Resilience in Widowers - Models of Resilience - What Was Lost: Wives and Marriages - Illness and Death of Wife- Caregiving and Communication - Saying Good-bye - Grief and Adjustment - Living Alone - Remarriage- Life Values Carried Forward Adult Children and Other Social Support - Cohorts and the Future -Appenix A: Methodology - Appendix B: Interview Topics - Appendix C: Respondents and Characteristics - Index

Based on the authors' intensive qualitative study of a diverse group of 51 widowers, this unique book sets widowhood within the context of life experience. It identifies characteristics and patterns of behavior that contribute to widowers success, as well as lack of success, in adjusting satisfactorily to their circumstances

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