Grief: From the Encyclopedia of Death and Dying

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Practical tips for helping siblings and friends grieve

Parents understandably fear losing a child more than almost any other family tragedy, so it's natural for friends to concentrate on the loss felt by parents when a teen or child dies.Unfortunately, sometimes this means that bereaved siblings, classmates and friends are overlooked as they struggle through the grieving process. Counsellors refer to this as '<a title="disenfranchised grief" href="http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=2202" target="_blank">disenfranchised grief</a>.'There are many sites with practical tips for supporting those who grieve, some of which are listed below and in the Google search box to the right. As we think about how to apply these to friends who grieve, it is important also to think about whether there are others in proximity who may feel they don't have a legitimate "right" to grieve, but who may be grieving nonetheless. 9 application/xml false children disenfranchised grief friends loss of a child siblings Grief: From the Encyclopedia of Death and Dying This entry contains writings from several recognized experts on grieving, and includes a segment on disenfranchised grief written by Dr. Kenneth J. Doka, who specializes in death education and counseling. http://www.deathreference.com/Gi-Ho/Grief.html The Empty Room: Surviving the Loss of a Brother Or Sister at Any Age Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn's excellent book can be viewed on Google Books, but this is a book everyone should own, not only those who have lost a sibling. http://books.google.com/books?id=SALW1GMyUxsC&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58&dq=disenfranchised+grief&source=web&ots=VywQ5BCtHw&sig=MW0mkCn2iF26qEBQN5np5x3R_hM&hl=en Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Avant Browser; SU 3.005; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 gstepp 216.244.11.72 false true false false true 191587 false false true false false false true 190283 blog blogsite/FamilyMatters/web