Grief and acceptance as opposite sides of the same coin: setting a research agenda to study peaceful acceptance of loss. Editorial Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Reflections on results of a recent study suggest that stages of grief might more accurately be described as states of grief. Resolution of grief coincides with increasing acceptance of loss. Research indicating how grief resolution promotes acceptance may prove clinically useful in easing emotional pain associated with loss.

publication date

  • December 1, 2008

Research

keywords

  • Adaptation, Psychological
  • Attitude to Death
  • Defense Mechanisms
  • Grief

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 57449095153

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.053157

PubMed ID

  • 19043142

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 193

issue

  • 6