Citation

Horacek BJ. Death Stud. 1995; 19(1): 21-31.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07481189508252710

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Building on evidence I offered earlier (Horacek, 1991), I develop a heuristic model of grieving that challenges the assumptions that grieving is time limited and that the bereaved should totally detachet or detach themselves from emotional ties to the deceased. This model includes three sets of reactions and grief tasks. Although many reactions will fade and some will disappear, and most grief tasks can be completed, this model states that the basic loss continues to exist like a phantom limb after amputation. Unlike unresolved m chronic grief, this continuing giving or loss does not significantly impair everyday functioning. The implications of this model are discussed.

Language: en