Helping Women Cope with Grief

by Phyllis Rolfe Silverman and Phyllis R. Silverman

Grief -- fracturing of one′s identity as a wife or mother, a loss of self-esteem, the distancing of friends and relatives, the onus of a society that regards one as "damaged" -- is commonly experienced by women who have suffered the loss of important attachments.

Focusing on the plight of widows, women who have given up their children, and battered women, Silverman examines the transition of bereaved women from grief to the creation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080391735X
• ISBN13: 9780803917354
• Release Date: December 1981
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.0" x 8.0"