Concept information
Preferred term
bereavement
Definition
- Bereavement refers to an emotional state of loss usually experienced after the death of a loved one. The word itself is related to the old English term bereafian meaning to rob. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Bereavement]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- bereavement overload
- communal bereavement
- communicating with the dead
- condolences
- coping with bereavement
- death anxiety
- death education
- elegy
- Gold Star Mothers
- grief
- grief and bereavement counseling
- humor and fear of death
- impact of death of friends
- missing in action
- monuments
- orphans
- postself
- reactions to bereavement
- suicide counseling and prevention
- war memorials
- widows and widowers
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/bereavement
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