On the health consequences of bereavement.

摘要: The death of a spouse and, perhaps even more, the child have been widely viewed as most stressful all human experiences. belief that such stresses adverse effects on health is so embedded in folklore relative lack scientific support for has often overlooked. In fact, bereavement offers an unusually good opportunity to study life event terms its consequences health. By nature, lends itself rigorous experimental design long-term, prospective, epidemiologic studies. Furthermore, grief reaction subject . . .