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Grieving Behaviors During Parental Bereavement In Western Societies, Victor A. Luna
Grieving Behaviors During Parental Bereavement In Western Societies, Victor A. Luna
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This paper will examine the grieving behaviors of parents who have lost a child. More specifically, it will discuss how grieving behaviors that are deemed appropriate depend on one’s gender, and how societal norms discourage behaviors that are deemed inappropriate. The focus will be on industrialized Western societies.