grief
type: Concept
narrower: disenfranchised grief

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: disenfranchised grief

disenfranchised grief
definition: Disenfranchised grief is defined as that emotion which people experience when they incur a personal loss that is not openly acknowledged, socially sanctioned, or publicly mourned. The term has been thoroughly explored in two books by that same title and is a generally accepted concept within the literature on grief. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Disenfranchised Grief]
broader: grief
type: Concept