Resilient widowers older men speak for themselves

""This is a most impressive work on a much needed and neglected area of older men who lost their spouses. Moore and Stratton listened to what these men had to say and presented us with such a rich mosaic of feelings, experiences, and hypotheses for future research."". - Leonard P...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Moore, Alinde J. (-)
Otros Autores: Stratton, Dorothy C.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Springer Pub c2002.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Springer series, focus on men (Unnumbered)
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  • Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Studying Resilience in Widowers; 2 Models of Resilience; 3 What Was Lost: Wives and Marriages; 4 Illness and Death of Wife; 5 Caregiving and Communication; 6 Saying Goodbye; 7 Grief and Adjustment; 8 Living Alone; 9 Remarriage; 10 Life Values Carried Forward; 11 Adult Children and Other Social Support; 12 Cohorts and the Future; Appendix A: Methodology; Appendix B: Interview Topics; Appendix C: Respondents and Characteristics; Subject Index; Author Index