Settling the Spirit

Tony Walter

doi:10.1080/02682629108657259

Settling the Spirit

Tony Walter

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Abstract

Small babies, who live very much in the present, react with extreme distress to the absence of their mothers. Two things eventually reduce this tendency - the confidence that she continues to exist when no longer in the room and the awareness that, for a while, they can survive without her. The same beliefs can mitigate the basic grief in adult life and, as Rosenblatt et al1 show in their cross-cultural comparisons, these beliefs can be articulated in the rituals of mourning.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4-5
Number of pages	2
Journal	Bereavement Care
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/02682629108657259
Publication status	Published - Mar 1991

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Health(social science)
Social Psychology
Gerontology
Advanced and Specialised Nursing

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