Pub Date : 1998-04-01DOI: 10.1080/10811449808414439
J. Werth
Abstract In this commentary on Lokhandwala and Westefeld's provocative article, I provide alternative perspectives to several of their points. Specifically, I review what I believe to be some of the meta-issues involved, examine a few of the particular points raised by the authors, and then discuss concerns with the research often cited to question the possibility of rational suicide.
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Pub Date : 1997-10-01DOI: 10.1080/15325029708415514
A. A. Newell
Abstract Although death is a natural part of living, many peoplefear death. Physiciam often feel uncomfortable when a patient is dying and they can offer nothing of a curative or technical nature. Medical education perpetuates this attitude: We spend much more time and learn to be much more comfortable discussing what pathological processes cause a person to die than we do discussing how we feel about their death, how they felt as they were dying, or what the death may mean to their loved ones. Medical students report that the topics of dying and bereavement cause them much worry; little time, however, is devoted to these topics in medical education. Doctors receive limited training in learning to communicate easily with patients and inadequate education in care ofthe dying, and they may be poorily equipped to deal with death and dying. This article examines national trends in medical education on death-and-dying-related topics and advocates greater emphiasis on these topics and exposure to caring for dyi...
{"title":"Learning to care even when there is no cure: Reflections from a student physician on healing those near death","authors":"A. A. Newell","doi":"10.1080/15325029708415514","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15325029708415514","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Although death is a natural part of living, many peoplefear death. Physiciam often feel uncomfortable when a patient is dying and they can offer nothing of a curative or technical nature. Medical education perpetuates this attitude: We spend much more time and learn to be much more comfortable discussing what pathological processes cause a person to die than we do discussing how we feel about their death, how they felt as they were dying, or what the death may mean to their loved ones. Medical students report that the topics of dying and bereavement cause them much worry; little time, however, is devoted to these topics in medical education. Doctors receive limited training in learning to communicate easily with patients and inadequate education in care ofthe dying, and they may be poorily equipped to deal with death and dying. This article examines national trends in medical education on death-and-dying-related topics and advocates greater emphiasis on these topics and exposure to caring for dyi...","PeriodicalId":343335,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Personal & Interpersonal Loss","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130319960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1997-10-01DOI: 10.1080/15325029708415512
M. Marshall, S. J. Catanzaro, D. Lamb
Abstract College students (N = 224) described their adjustment to the death of a signaficant other and identified whether they had anticipated the death for I week or longer (anticipation group) or less than I week (unanticipated comparison group). The anticipation group reported better postdeath adjustment than the comparison group in terms of occurrence and frequency of grief-related symptoms, acceptance of the death, and perceived helpfulness and harmfulness of anticipation. Within the anticipation group, length of anticipation appeared to have little relationship to postdeath adjustment. While reported social support was unrelated to the apparent benefit of anticipation, the age ofthe person who had died was significantly associated with both anticipation and postdeath adjustment.
{"title":"Anticipatory grief and postdeath adjustment","authors":"M. Marshall, S. J. Catanzaro, D. Lamb","doi":"10.1080/15325029708415512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15325029708415512","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract College students (N = 224) described their adjustment to the death of a signaficant other and identified whether they had anticipated the death for I week or longer (anticipation group) or less than I week (unanticipated comparison group). The anticipation group reported better postdeath adjustment than the comparison group in terms of occurrence and frequency of grief-related symptoms, acceptance of the death, and perceived helpfulness and harmfulness of anticipation. Within the anticipation group, length of anticipation appeared to have little relationship to postdeath adjustment. While reported social support was unrelated to the apparent benefit of anticipation, the age ofthe person who had died was significantly associated with both anticipation and postdeath adjustment.","PeriodicalId":343335,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Personal & Interpersonal Loss","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129919678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1997-10-01DOI: 10.1080/15325029708415516
Leigh Berger
Abstract This article is an ethnographic narrative detailing the emotional loss experienced when a father becomes mentally ill. Using an introspective method, it is witten to expose the myriad of complex feelings experienced by those who deal with the mental illness of a parent. Written in a creative writing style, the article offers an alternative voice in the examination of pawerful, complicated emotions. Among other things, this article deals with stigma, divorce, and the symbolic (spiritual) loss of a parent. It is hoped that this article provides a new way of studying and understanding the experience of mental illness and its meaning for family members.
{"title":"Between the candy store and the mall: The spiritual loss of a father","authors":"Leigh Berger","doi":"10.1080/15325029708415516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15325029708415516","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article is an ethnographic narrative detailing the emotional loss experienced when a father becomes mentally ill. Using an introspective method, it is witten to expose the myriad of complex feelings experienced by those who deal with the mental illness of a parent. Written in a creative writing style, the article offers an alternative voice in the examination of pawerful, complicated emotions. Among other things, this article deals with stigma, divorce, and the symbolic (spiritual) loss of a parent. It is hoped that this article provides a new way of studying and understanding the experience of mental illness and its meaning for family members.","PeriodicalId":343335,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Personal & Interpersonal Loss","volume":"133 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122769788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1997-07-01DOI: 10.1080/10811449708414419
P. Morales
Abstract This article examines the mourning of deceased pets in our society by adults. This behavior is generally unrecognized and, when it is recognized, considered an undesirable phenomenon. Individuals who grieve for their pets are either forced to conform to societal expectations or experience isolation as a result of their attachment to their nonhuman companions. There are an estimated 52.36 million dogs and 54.83 million cats are kept as pets in the United States (American Veterinarian Medical Association, 1988). Their owners experience both joys and sorrows from living with and loving their pets. The death of a pet is often devoid of rituals, with no accepted practices to facilitate the working through of grief. The bereaved owner receives little sympathy and support from others. This lack of support often impairs the resolution of grief and isolates the grieving owner.
{"title":"Grieving in silence: The loss of companion animals in modern society","authors":"P. Morales","doi":"10.1080/10811449708414419","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10811449708414419","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article examines the mourning of deceased pets in our society by adults. This behavior is generally unrecognized and, when it is recognized, considered an undesirable phenomenon. Individuals who grieve for their pets are either forced to conform to societal expectations or experience isolation as a result of their attachment to their nonhuman companions. There are an estimated 52.36 million dogs and 54.83 million cats are kept as pets in the United States (American Veterinarian Medical Association, 1988). Their owners experience both joys and sorrows from living with and loving their pets. The death of a pet is often devoid of rituals, with no accepted practices to facilitate the working through of grief. The bereaved owner receives little sympathy and support from others. This lack of support often impairs the resolution of grief and isolates the grieving owner.","PeriodicalId":343335,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Personal & Interpersonal Loss","volume":"143 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122727284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1997-07-01DOI: 10.1080/10811449708414418
Denise Twohey, Gayle M. Robbins
Abstract This article describes three separate therapy groups for depressed women conducted over a 10-year time period. Through observation and analysis of letters, transcripts, and case notes from the three short-term therapy groups, the authors identify and summarize therapeutic concerns. Concerns include fears about associating with other people who are depressed, difficulty with managing anger and competition, problems with various transitions (i.e., ending relationships, changing life circumstances, or altering career plans), and coping with loss. These therapeutic concerns are analyzed in a reflexive manner to highlight social constructionist, feminist thought. Feminist thinking is compared with more traditional conceptualizations of women and depression throughout the text.
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Pub Date : 1997-07-01DOI: 10.1080/10811449708414422
Deborah S. Levinson
Abstract Women between the ages of 35 and 54 experience adjustment to widowhood differently from older widows. There are approximately 1 million new widows in the United States each year; 73,000 are between the ages of 35 and 54. An investigative study of 15 younger widows showed an emerging pattern of life change transition of which mourning is a significant but minor part of the process. This article describes the resulting model of a young widow's transition process.
{"title":"Young widowhood: A life change journey","authors":"Deborah S. Levinson","doi":"10.1080/10811449708414422","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10811449708414422","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Women between the ages of 35 and 54 experience adjustment to widowhood differently from older widows. There are approximately 1 million new widows in the United States each year; 73,000 are between the ages of 35 and 54. An investigative study of 15 younger widows showed an emerging pattern of life change transition of which mourning is a significant but minor part of the process. This article describes the resulting model of a young widow's transition process.","PeriodicalId":343335,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Personal & Interpersonal Loss","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123853091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1997-07-01DOI: 10.1080/10811449708414423
Lisa M. Tillmann-healy
Abstract On March 16, 1996, the author interviewed her mother, Beth Tillmann, about Beth's parents' divorce and her life as a foster child. From detailed notes taken during this phone conversation and from family stories told to the author throughout tier life, the author constructed a narrative titled “A Home of Her Own” Its structure and tone mimic the way her mother speaks about the dissolution of her family of origin and her attachments to and separations from those who tried to lielp her rebuild a sense of home. After the story is a discussion of what narrative representations of loss offer the writer, the subject, and the reader.
{"title":"A Home of Her Own: (Writing) a Family Story of Separation and Second Chances","authors":"Lisa M. Tillmann-healy","doi":"10.1080/10811449708414423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10811449708414423","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract On March 16, 1996, the author interviewed her mother, Beth Tillmann, about Beth's parents' divorce and her life as a foster child. From detailed notes taken during this phone conversation and from family stories told to the author throughout tier life, the author constructed a narrative titled “A Home of Her Own” Its structure and tone mimic the way her mother speaks about the dissolution of her family of origin and her attachments to and separations from those who tried to lielp her rebuild a sense of home. After the story is a discussion of what narrative representations of loss offer the writer, the subject, and the reader.","PeriodicalId":343335,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Personal & Interpersonal Loss","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114617097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1997-07-01DOI: 10.1080/10811449708414421
Pam L. Secklin
Abstract This essay is excerpted from a larger project the author conducted with adolescent and preadolescent children of divorce. It tells the personal story of the author's first interview experience with her first participant in this project, here called Lucy. At the time of the interview, she was 11 years old and her parents had been divorced for 3 years. In the effort to engage the reader as an outside interpreter of her story, this essay invites the reader in, to the “raw data” of Lucy's experiences, as described in her words. Presented here in dialogue are the two voices of participant and researcher, as well as researcher reflections and recollections of this memorable experience.
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Pub Date : 1997-07-01DOI: 10.1080/10811449708414417
Cathaleene Macias, Charles F. Rodican
Abstract Fountain House, in New York City, is a psychosocial program for adults with serious mental illnesses that has operated continuously for nearly 50 years. The majority of members of this “Clubhouse” program have diagnoses of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression, but membership is open to any individual whose life and functioning have been continuously or repeatedly disrupted by brain dysfunction or psychiatric symptomatology. This article presents one Clubhouse members personal account of loss, failure, and the recovery of individual dignity and purpose. Key experiences within this very individualized account are identified as exemplars of Clubhouse rehabilitation and interpreted in the context of current psychological theory.
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