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Record 1 2018-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology
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In much the same way, grief over a parent with Alzheimer's is more complicated than grief over death ... We do not hold funerals for living people, and yet we experience profound and complicated grief over them - an ambiguous grief because it can be unclear where death begins and when grief becomes appropriate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie
CONT

Le deuil blanc est celui que l'on fait d'une personne qui n'est pas morte, mais qui, peu à peu, perd ses capacités humaines. Elle est physiquement présente, mais mentalement et affectivement coupée de ses capacités antérieures.

Spanish

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