Grief Loss and Bereavement
40 Articles & Excerpts
Is There A Way To Mend A Broken Heart?
by eNotAlone.com
Having a broken heart can be really dangerous for health, and in fact, it can lead to a deadly outcome, report U.S. scientists who found why some individuals do suffer from the condition.
It's Time to Get in Line: Part 1
 Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
by Maggie Callanan, R.N., Patricia Kelley
Five years after its first publication, with more than 150,000 copies in print, Final Gifts has become a classic. In this moving and compassionate book, hospice nurses Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley share their intimate experiences with patients
Grief: Discovering Something Greater than the Answer to 'Why?'
by Nan Zastrow
We are raised with values and beliefs that influence who we are. We attribute these to our social culture, our religious backgrounds and our educational pursuits. We build a strong code of ethics that reflects our attitudes and our choices in life.
The Wounds of Grief: Inside/Outside
by Nan Zastrow
'What happened to you?' The question appears to be an easy one, but it comes hard when you don't know if you should ask it. I met at least a dozen people between the scene of the my bizarre fall and my destination for care.
One Step at a Time
 Through These Doors: A true inspirational story of a family overcoming crisis
by Dwight Alexander
One moment life is normal and in the next you have somehow stepped through a doorway and everything is in pieces. It was a beautiful summer day when Dwight Alexander received the news that his family had been in a deadly car crash.
Change of Heart
 Light Through the Crack: Life After Loss
by Sue Mosteller, CSJ.
Leonard Cohen once wrote in a song: 'There is a crack in everything/That's how the light gets in.' Combining revealing memoir and the inspirational stories of others, Sue Mosteller, the executrix of Henry Nouwen's literary estate and an active, well-known
Cancer : Anticipatory Grief, Phases of Grief
by National Cancer Institute
Anticipatory grief is the normal mourning that occurs when a patient or family is expecting a death. Anticipatory grief has many of the same symptoms as those experienced after a death has occurred.
Dear Diary
 It Must Have Been Moonglow
by Phyllis Greene
For me, the written word is the quintessential medium. From grocery lists to condolence messages to letters to friends or to the children at camp or for birthdays, it's the most effective way to express myself.
Just Another Widow
It Must Have Been Moonglow
by Phyllis Greene
This afternoon, Mt. Carmel Hospice called for my six-month 'checkup.' How am I doing? they wanted to know. 'Well,' I said. 'I am doing well.' Am I telling the truth, I wondered; what is 'well'? What sorrowing widow can ever really do well, I think.
Denial
 The End Is Just the Beginning
by Arlene Churn, Ph.D.
In our community, both regret and denial are often expressed through elaborate funerals and floral displays, expensive caskets, numerous limos, even color-coordinated outfits for the immediate family.
Regret
The End Is Just the Beginning
by Arlene Churn, Ph.D.
Regret has many faces and many meanings. Those who have lost a loved one may regret acts left unperformed or words unspoken. We may regret the loss to ourselves of someone who loved and supported us unconditionally.
Reader's Guide
 Mrs. Hunter's Happy Death
by Reverend John Fanestil
It is my great pleasure to introduce Mrs. Hunter to you. When I first read the story of her happy death I was simply overwhelmed. She was like no one I had ever met before, and yet she reminded me of so very many people.
Lessons on Living from People Preparing to Die
Mrs. Hunter's Happy Death
by Reverend John Fanestil
I have known a few people who died with a spirit of apparent nonchalance, but for most the approach of death raises gut-level questions about the true meaning of life. Is there a God? What kind of God?
Introduction
 The Empty Room
by Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn
The movie The Big Chill begins with the death of a character you never meet, except for a few shots of his body being dressed for burial. As it turns out, this faceless individual is instrumental to the plot.
Introduction
 The Grieving Teen
by Helen Fitzgerald
In an earlier book, I wrote about a fifteen-year-old named Laura, whose unhappy situation as a young person whose needs were ignored continues to haunt me, for stories like hers remain largely unaddressed in the many books that have been written about
Survivors of Death
 Death, Grief, and Mourning
by John S. Stephenson, Ph.D.
Through our examination of the grief process, we have been able to develop an understanding of the psychological ramifications of death. In discussing mourning, we examined contemporary American society's response to loss, including its normative
Depression & Acceptance
 On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, M.D., David Kessler
After bargaining, our attention moves squarely into the present. Empty feelings present themselves, and grief enters our lives on a deeper level, deeper than we ever imagined. This depressive stage feels as though it will last forever.
Bargaining
On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, M.D., David Kessler
Before a loss, it seems you will do anything if only your loved one may be spared.'Please, God,' you bargain, 'I will never be angry at my wife again if you'll just let her live. After a loss, bargaining may take the form of a temporary truce.
Anger
On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, M.D., David Kessler
This stage presents itself in many ways: anger at your loved one that he didn't take better care of himself or anger that you didn't take better care of him. Anger does not have to be logical or valid.
The Five Stages of Grief
On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, M.D., David Kessler
Denial, Anger, Barganing, Depression, and Acceptance. The stages have evolved since their introduction, and they have been very misunderstood over the past three decades. They were never meant to help tuck messy emotions into neat packages.
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