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Colin Murray Parkes - Love and Loss: The Roots of Grief and its Complications - 9780415477185 - V9780415477185
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Love and Loss: The Roots of Grief and its Complications

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Loving and grieving are two sides of the same coin: we cannot have one without risking the other. Only by understanding the nature and pattern of loving can we begin to understand the problems of grieving. Conversely, the loss of a loved person can teach us much about the nature of love.

Love and Loss, the result of a lifetime's work, has important implications for the study of attachment and bereavement. In this volume, Colin Murray Parkes reports his innovative research that enables us to bring together knowledge of childhood attachments and problems of bereavement, resulting in a new way ... Read more

  • patterns of attachment and grief
  • loss of a parent, child or spouse in adult life
  • social isolation and support.

The book concludes by looking at disorders of attachment and considering bereavement in terms of its implications on love, loss, and change in a wider context.

Illuminating the structure and focus of thinking about love and loss, this book sheds light on a wide range of psychological issues. It will be essential reading for professionals working with bereavement, as well as graduate students of psychology, psychiatry, and sociology.

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Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415477185
SKU
V9780415477185
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3

About Colin Murray Parkes
Colin Murray Parkes is a psychiatrist, researcher and author. He has contributed to and edited numerous books and articles on the nature of human attachments and loss. His Bereavement: Studies of Grief in Adult Life first published in 1972 and now in its third edition, remains a classic. He has been a Consultant psychiatrist at St Christopher's Hospice since 1966, ... Read more

Reviews for Love and Loss: The Roots of Grief and its Complications
"...clear, packed with information, and very humane." - ACP North London Magazine "This is a beautifully written book, combining thoughtful analysis of research data with clinical case examples that bring to life and deepen the ideas Parkes is exploring... It goes without saying this is an essential volume for those practitioners working with the bereaved; it will also be ... Read more

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