Table of Contents

Ch 1 Loss, Bereavement and Grief: What do they mean?

Ch 2 The experience and nature of grief: What is it like?

Ch 3 Trying to explain grief: What is it for?

Ch 4 Grief as a socio-cultural phenomenon: How should we grieve?

Ch 5 Grief and our relationship to the deceased: Who has died?

Ch 6 When does grief become abnormal?

Ch 7 The positive side of grief: Can it have beneficial outcomes?

About the Author

Richard Gross works for Cruse Bereavement Care, the UK’s largest organisation offering bereavement support. He has been an author of books in psychology for over 30 years.