title: Concepts of normal bereavement.
abstract: This study used a 25-item questionnaire to examine the perceptions of 128 people with a close interest in bereavement and its literature. The study is part of a project to identify key aspects and the bereavement process. Subjects were asked to rate their perceptions of key bereavement phenomena with regards their frequency in the acute and later stages of bereavement. Descriptive results are presented and discussed, and a profile of phenomena perceived to be common to both stages is outlined.
authors.affiliation: School of Learning and Development, QUT: Kelvin Grove Campus, Brisbane, Australia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Burnett
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Middleton
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Raphael
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dunne
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moylan
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Martinek
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001601:Bereavement; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D009769:Object Attachment; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012106:Research