Death and chronic illness in the family : Bowen family systems theory perspectives / edited by Peter Titelman, Sydney K. Reed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bowen theory perspectives on death in the family -- Family reaction to death -- Death and differentiation in the family -- A historical background for Bowen's perspective on death in the family system -- Toward an objective view of morality : biology, history, and the emotional system -- Death in the therapist's own family -- Emotional shock wave and differentiation of self -- A father's early death : a family response -- Mom's committed suicide : now what? -- Death as a catalyst for reconstructing the family emotional system -- Territorial behavior : inheritance and death in the family -- Chronic illness in the therapist's own family -- A systems view of chronic illness in a spouse and family -- Unresolved emotional attachments in a family with chronic illness and death -- Alzheimer's disease in the family -- No sympathy : a response to a physical disability -- Death in clinical practice -- Family reaction to death in clinical practice : an approach based on Bowen theory -- Family reaction to death : variation in differentiation of self -- Emotional process and the management of chronic illness and death -- Death and AIDS : families and society -- A river of silence : a son defines himself in relation to his dying father.

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