title: Changes in Postmortem Identity and Grief.
abstract: This article reviews the concept of postmortem identity, noting its relationships to other concepts such as relational trauma. Identity is a very fluid concept that can change even after an individual's death as new information becomes available or even as social values change. Such modifications of postmortem identity can affect the course of bereavement-complication reactions to loss.
authors.affiliation: 1 The College of New Rochelle, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Kenneth J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Doka
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003643:Death; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D012933:Social Identification
keywords: bereavement; grief; postmortem identity; relational trauma