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_aMoore, Alinde J
_eAuthor
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_aStratton, Dorothy
_eAuthor
245 0 0 _aResilient widowers: older men speak for themselves
_h[Book]
260 _aNew York N.Y.
_bSpringer Publishing
_c2002
300 _aHbk, : .: 244p
490 1 _aSpringer Series: Focus on Men
505 _aDedication- 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
520 _aBased 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
650 0 0 _93752
_aBereavement
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_aWidowers
650 _94476
_aLoss
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_aBereavement
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