Grief is a Luxury
Aids-Related Loss among the Poor in South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6192002 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Craig Demmer (Lehman College of the City University of New York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-51 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Illness Crisis & Loss (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1054-1373 • E-ISSN: 1552-6968 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/105413730701500103 |
| OpenAlex | W2470075125 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 17 |
AIDS is the leading cause of death in South Africa, yet little is known about the bereavement experiences of those who have lost loved ones to AIDS in this country. In-depth interviews were conducted with 18 bereaved individuals in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and four themes emerged that had to do with the impact of AIDS-related loss on their daily lives: the constant struggle to survive took priority over grief, the economic impact of the loss on the household, the burden on women in caring for the sick and dealing with loss, and concerns about the welfare of children. Further research is needed to explore how social, political, and economic factors influence AIDS-related bereavement in the South African context and bereavement interventions need to be developed that move beyond exclusive reliance on individual or group counseling approaches to address these factors
Disenfranchised grief · Geography · Grief · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Welfare · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology
Producing emotionally sensed knowledge? Reflexivity and emotions in researching responses to death
Diversity challenges from urban West Africa
Bereavement among South African adolescents following a sibling's death from Aids
Making Sense of Family Deaths in Urban Senegal
Coping Versus Grieving in a 'Death-accepting' Society
Relationships between HIV/Aids, income and expenditure over time in deprived South African households
The social and economic impact of HIV/Aids in poor countries
Epidemiological and demographic HIV/Aids projections
Predicting the social consequences of orphanhood in South Africa
Developing a Cross-Cultural Model of Grief
Africa's Aids crisis in context
HIV/Aids in Developing Countries
Naturalistic inquiry
Treading the path of least resistance
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2019 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |