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Introduction to the Study of Loss: Why is Give Sorrow Words Needed? |
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1 | (17) |
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Loss: A Universal Experience |
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1 | (2) |
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3 | (3) |
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Emphasizing People's Construction of Meaning |
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6 | (1) |
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Contextualization of Loss Experiences |
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7 | (1) |
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The Experience of a ``Pile Up'' of Losses |
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8 | (2) |
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Meaning in Images of ``Missing'' Other or Something |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (1) |
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Toward an International Understanding |
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13 | (1) |
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Making Loss a Part of the Common Discourse |
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14 | (1) |
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Some Final Notes on the Nature of Grief |
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15 | (3) |
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Definitions and an Account-Making Perspective |
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18 | (21) |
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18 | (2) |
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Trauma: Conceptual Background |
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20 | (2) |
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Toward a Universe of Loss Concepts |
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22 | (4) |
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Human as Storyteller: A Social Psychological View |
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26 | (4) |
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Studying Stories, Narratives, and Accounts |
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30 | (1) |
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A Model of Reactions to Major Loss and Steps Toward Recovery |
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31 | (6) |
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37 | (2) |
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Loss of Close Others to Death |
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39 | (22) |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (4) |
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Survivors' Frequent Reactions to the ``Great Leveler'' |
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45 | (2) |
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47 | (3) |
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Losing a Spouse or Close, Romantic Other |
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50 | (4) |
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54 | (3) |
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57 | (1) |
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Steps Toward Healing--Giving Sorrow Words |
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58 | (3) |
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Loss of Close Others by Divorce or Dissolution |
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61 | (17) |
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A Time of Particular Sorrow for Lovers? |
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61 | (3) |
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Are Too Many Marital Relationships Ending Unnecessarily? |
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64 | (2) |
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Progressing toward Dissolution |
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66 | (1) |
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67 | (1) |
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The Question of Who is Most Distressed |
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68 | (2) |
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Victims/Survivors of Divorce or Dissolution |
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70 | (3) |
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Getting Over Divorce or Dissolution |
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73 | (2) |
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The Maintenance and Enhancement of Close Relationships |
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75 | (1) |
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75 | (3) |
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Loss Due to Senseless Violence |
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78 | (22) |
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What is Senseless Violence? |
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78 | (2) |
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Basic Literature on Violence and Aggression |
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80 | (4) |
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The Real World: Examples of Violence in the Home and in Close Relationships |
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84 | (2) |
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Research Evidence on Domestic and Relationship Violence |
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86 | (1) |
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A Real World Example of Dating Violence |
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87 | (1) |
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Sexual Abuse and Revictimization |
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88 | (1) |
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A Climate of Violence and Fear |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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It is in the News--Everyday! A Plethora of Forms of Violence |
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91 | (7) |
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Conclusions on Loss Due to Senseless Violence |
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98 | (2) |
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Loss Due to War and Genocide |
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100 | (25) |
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101 | (1) |
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Loss and Grief Resulting from War |
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102 | (2) |
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104 | (4) |
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108 | (4) |
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Loss Meanings Associated with Gettysburg |
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112 | (2) |
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Relativity of Loss in War: Russia's and The Soviet Union's Losses During World War II and During Stalin's Ruthless Reign |
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114 | (1) |
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115 | (3) |
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118 | (2) |
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How to Avoid Another Holocaust |
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120 | (1) |
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Finding Peace from the Ravages of War and Violence |
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121 | (4) |
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Loss Due to Disease Processes and Accidents |
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125 | (20) |
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Chronic Pain and Illness and Disability |
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126 | (2) |
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Losses Associated with Accidents and Disease Starting at Midlife or Earlier |
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128 | (3) |
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Losses Related to Automobile and Other Types of Major Accidents |
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131 | (3) |
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Aging and the Loss of Health, Hope, and Meaning |
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134 | (1) |
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Aging and Institutionalization |
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135 | (3) |
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Toward an Emphasis on Living with Grace at All Ages |
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138 | (3) |
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Caregivers of Persons with Serious Illness or Injury |
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141 | (1) |
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Courage in Dealing with Loss Due to Injury or Disease |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (2) |
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Impoverishment, Homelessness, and Loss of Employment |
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145 | (16) |
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The Impoverished and the Homeless |
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146 | (1) |
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The Homeless and Cascades of Multiple Losses |
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146 | (6) |
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152 | (9) |
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An International Perspective on Loss and Trauma: The Case of Romania |
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161 | (17) |
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Introduction to Loss in Romania |
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161 | (1) |
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Historical Notes and Background of Current Losses |
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162 | (2) |
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Debilitating Economy and Political Flux |
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164 | (1) |
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On ``Suffering'' from the Romanian Perspective |
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165 | (1) |
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The Orphaned and Abandoned |
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165 | (3) |
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Western ``Imports of Loss'': Violence in Movies and Television and Tobacco |
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168 | (1) |
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The Special Case of the Gypsies |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (2) |
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172 | (1) |
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172 | (1) |
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Limitations of Analysis and Conclusions |
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173 | (5) |
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Disenfranchised Grief and Stigmatization |
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178 | (23) |
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180 | (2) |
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182 | (2) |
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Violent Crime: Victims, Survivors, and Families Who Carry the Pain Afterward |
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184 | (1) |
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Women's Bodies and Health |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (3) |
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Prejudice Because of Skin Color |
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189 | (2) |
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191 | (2) |
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Anorexia and Eating Disorders |
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193 | (1) |
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194 | (1) |
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What Can We Do to Address Stigma and Disenfranchised Grief? |
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195 | (3) |
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Toward Greater Recognition of the Necessity and Honorableness of Loss and Grieving |
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198 | (3) |
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201 | (22) |
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A Personal Perspective on Adaptation |
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201 | (1) |
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Do Some Recover without Grieving? |
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202 | (1) |
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Some Mainstream Approaches to Therapy for Traumatic Losses |
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203 | (4) |
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Telling and Writing Our Stories of Loss as Therapy |
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207 | (3) |
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210 | (1) |
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The Special Role of Writing in Healing |
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211 | (1) |
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Pathologic Grief and Complicated Mourning |
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211 | (4) |
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Grief Support Groups and Hospices |
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215 | (1) |
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Psychological Trauma and Its Complications |
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216 | (3) |
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Toward Empathy--The Educational Mission: We Are Our Brother's Keeper |
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219 | (2) |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (1) |
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Epilogue: Practical Strategies for Coping with Major Loss |
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223 | (7) |
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Recommendations from the Centre for Living and Dying |
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223 | (1) |
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Special Potency for Mourning During Anniversaries and Holidays |
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224 | (3) |
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General Myths about Grief |
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227 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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Special Inputs about Suicide |
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228 | (2) |
References |
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230 | (11) |
Index |
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