Decades after losing seventeen-year-old Jaz, Gideon Haigh reflects on the event and its aftermath.
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Early experiences with a favourite star can become deeply embedded in a person’s identity, acting as enduring sources of comfort, inspiration, and self-expression.
Spiderman actor Andrew Garfield spoke to Elmo about grief on Sesame Street. Their chat was a great model for communicating about grief and loss.
The outpouring of grief from fans highlights the shared joy and pain of having loved and lost a musical idol.
Three sisters who all are dealing with the imminent loss of their father in very different ways.
The first wind phone appeared in Japan in 2010, and the concept has since spread around the world.
Makeshift memorials are public expressions of private mourning in response to trauma and tragedy.
Research has shown cats become distressed and want more attention when a fellow pet dies.
There is no escaping the raw and catastrophic despair the loss of a child presses upon a parent. Two books about a young life lost tackle this grief.
Stress has been linked to many conditions all across the body – including in the heart, gut, joints and pelvic organs.
Ways to interact with virtual versions of our deceased loved ones are now a possibility – but there’s a raft of ethical and emotional challenges involved.
Russell Crowe’s second exorcism film in two years begins with a promising sense of dread, but squanders it on predictable scares and a rushed ending.
With so many people grieving, the notion of doing so in public was seen as tasteless and vulgar. Funerals became smaller, people put on a brave face in public and fewer people wore black.
Edwina Preston approaches Nova Weetman’s ‘generous and open’ grief memoir from a place of shared loss.
Journalists regularly publish photos of victims after a tragedy, but this practice has the capacity to traumatise families for years.
A bereavement counsellor explains how to cope with the loss of a parent.
So Mum or Dad has died, or moved to aged care, and now you’ve got to pack up their house. It’s a huge job and you’re dreading it.
The public need to know that those who become the custodians of their dead are operating appropriately and ethically.
AI ghosts, the recreation of digital versions of the dead, may sound like a wonderful idea to those dealing with the pain of loss but this technology could seriously disrupt the grieving process
Most workplace bereavement policies were designed prior to MAID and very few employers have adjusted these policies in light of the new reality of living and dying in Canada.
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Reader in Education with Psychology and Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath
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Professor of Social Work, CQUniversity Australia
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Honorary Research Fellow, Director of Bereavement Services Counselling & Mental Health Clinic, York St John University
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Lecturer in Sociology, Deputy Director of the Centre for Ageing and the Life Course, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Psychology, Curtin University
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Professor, Social Work, University of Waterloo
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Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Classical Studies, Brandeis University
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Lecturer, The Cairnmillar Institute Melbourne, La Trobe University
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PhD Candidate, Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Sociology, Drake University
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Personal Chair, Literary Studies, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Lakehead University
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Dean's Professor of Sociology and Professor of Spatial Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Counseling Psychologist, Catholic University of Eastern Africa