Anticipatory Mourning of Middle-Aged Parents of Adult Children with AIDS
- 1 February 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services
- Vol. 72 (2) , 108-115
- https://doi.org/10.1177/104438949107200206
Abstract
There is little literature concerning the response of middle-aged parents to the dying of an adult child from complications due to AIDS. The author proposes a conceptual framework of anticipatory mourning for counseling these parents. Intervention strategies are discussed.Keywords
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