Bereavement and Health: The Psychological and Physical Consequences of Partner Loss

by Wolfgang Stroebe and Margaret S. Stroebe

Book Overview

Bereavement and Health offers the first comprehensive review of what is known about the impact of bereavement on surviving partners. Drawing on the work of psychologists, sociologists, epidemiologists, and psychiatrists, the authors offer a theoretically coherent perspective focused on conjugal love. After thoroughly discussing different stress and depression models of bereavement, they present their own theoretical approach, emphasizing social contacts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521287103
• ISBN13: 9780521287104
• Release Date: September 1987
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"