Understanding loss and grief for women: a new perspective on their pain and healing

Introduction

The social construction of women's roles (traditional, transitional, modern/postmodern)

The social construction of grief

Women's socially constructed grief response

The complexity of grief

Factors influencing grief response

Death of a spouse or partner: a widow's grief

Death of a marriage: divorce grief

Death of a child: a mother's loss and grief

Retirement loss and grief

Health impacts of grief

Beginnings and reconciliations.