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Tag: grief and loss
Seeking comfort when joy is hard to find – Coping with grief during the holidays
The holidays can bring good times and happiness, but for many, joy is overshadowed by sadness, loss and grief. Dr. Wendy Lichtenthal, founding director of the Center for the Advancement of Bereavement Care offers tips on coping at this time of year.
Research to support grieving parents receives $6.2 million grant
A research team led by medical ethicists and physician-researchers has been approved for a $6.2 million award to study strategies to bridge gaps in the healthcare system and help bereaved parents connect with existing community resources after the unexpected or traumatic death of their child.
Grief and Loss for cancer patients in the Era of COVID
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a time period of grief in many forms, even grief unrelated to the loss of life – some caused by the need for isolation measures to slow the spread of the virus.
National Grief Awareness Day
August 30th is National Grief Awareness Day, a day created to raise awareness about the many ways we as humans cope with grief. Rutgers Cancer Institute expert shares how cancer patients and their friends and family experience grief and loss around the cancer experience.
2 UCLA experts available to offer tips on dealing with loss and grief
Whether it is the death of a public figure like Kobe Bryant or of a beloved family member or friend, loss can create many difficult emotions for kids and adults. Gina Kornfeind, MSW, MS, a pediatric palliative care social worker…
Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Sibling Grieving
Rutgers scholar Erica Goldblatt Hyatt, author of Grieving for the Sibling You Lost, is available to comment on teen siblings, called “forgotten mourners”, and the grieving process in light of Kobe Bryant’s death. Goldblatt Hyatt is an expert in thanatology,…