Examines the impact of death and bereavement on the family structure, covering such topics as the loss of children, spouses, siblings, and parents; suicide; and the mourning process in different culture Walsh and McGoldrick have fully revised and expanded this landmark work on the impact of death on the family system. Contributors xiii Standard Symbols for Genograms xvii Preface to Second Edition xix Acknowledgments xxiii PART I. DEATH AND LOSS IN FAMILY AND SOCIAL CONTEXT 1 Loss and the Family: A Systemic Perspective 3(24) Froma Walsh & Monica McGoldrick 2. A Time to Mourn: Death and the Family Life Cycle 27(20) Monica McGoldrick & Froma Walsh 3. Family Reaction to Death 47(14) Murray Bowen 4. Legacies of Loss: Multigenerational Ripple Effects 61(24) Monica McGoldrick 5. Loss and Family Scripts 85(14) John Byng-Hall 6. Gender and Mourning 99(20) Monica McGoldrick 7. Mourning in Different Cultures 119(42) Monica McGoldrick, Joan Marsh Schlesinger, Evelyn Lee, Paulette Moore Hines, Joseph Chan, Rhea Almeida, Barbara Petkov, Nydia Garcia Preto, & Sueli Petry 8. The Multigenerational Transmission of Loss and Trauma: The African-American Experience 161(21) Elaine Pinderhughes 9. Spirituality, Death, and Loss 182 Froma Walsh PART II. LOSS COMPLICATIONS: FACILITATING HEALING 10. Helping Families with Anticipatory Loss and Terminal Illness 213(24) John S. Rolland 11. Ambiguous Loss 237(10) Pauline Boss 12. Unacknowledged and Stigmatized Losses 247(25) Allison Werner-Lin & Teresa Moro 13. Working with Families in the Aftermath of Suicide 272(13) Edward J. Dunne & Karen Dunne-Maxim 14. Facilitating Family and Community Resilience in Response to Major Disaster 285(25) Judith Landau & Jack Saul 15. Echoes from the Past: Helping Families Deal with Their Ghosts 310(30) Monica McGoldrick 16. Rituals and the Healing Process 340(18) Evan Imber-Black 17. The Impact on the Family Therapist of a Focus on Death, Dying, and Bereavement 358(15) Dorothy S. Becvar PART III. LOSS IN THE THERAPIST'S OWN FAMILY Personal Reflections on Loss 373(4) Froma Walsh Loss and Transformation 377(2) Monica McGoldrick My Father's Terminal Illness: Seizing the Moment for Change 379(8) Betty Carter Tell Me She's Not Dead: Living Beyond the Loss of Our Child 387(4) Josiane Menos Different in the World: Hidden Dimensions of Sibling Loss 391(6) Joanne Guarino Klages People Die; Relationships Don't: Surviving My Mother's Suicide 397(4) David Treadway Surviving My Sister's Suicide: A Journey Through Grief 401(5) Vanessa Jackson Staying Alive: My Family Inheritance of Breast Cancer 406(7) Janet Reibstein Naming the Tears: Loss in Cross-Cultural Context 413(6) Roxana Llerena-Quinn Their Good Spirits Came to Take Them 419(4) Nydia Garcia Preto Family Legacies of the Holocaust: My Journey to Recover the Past 423(5) John S. Rolland Hin und Zurück: Back to Where We Came From 428(5) Carlos E. Sluzki Index 433