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Disenfranchised grief

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Disenfranchised grief
Grief that cannot be openly expressed because the death or other loss cannot be publicly acknowledged.
Mentioned in: Bereavement


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10-30: Online Continuing Education Workshop; Challenges in Grieving: Disenfranchised Grief, Sudden Death, Inflicted Death; TAPE Educational Services; Toronto; www.
Congress topic highlights include nanotechnology, the high cost of cancer drugs, nurse disenfranchised grief, the human papillomavirus vaccine, and clinical hot topics.
The term disenfranchised grief is used to describe "the grief that a person experiences when they incur a loss that is not or cannot be openly acknowledged, publicly mourned or socially supported" (Doka, 1989, p.
 
 
 
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