Death and Grief in Love Letters.

In the love letters of 14 couples every couple communicated about issues of death and grief, which suggests that death and grief may often have a place in the development of couple relationships. For some, writing about the possible death of self or other seemed connected to the emotional intensity...

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Published in:Journal of Loss & Trauma Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 540 - 552
Main Author: Rosenblatt, Paul C.
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2021
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