Document 0614
 DOCN  M9490614
 TI    Childhood bereavement due to parental death from acquired
       immunodeficiency syndrome.
 DT    9411
 AU    Siegel K; Gorey E; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Department of
       Social; Work, New York, New York.
 SO    J Dev Behav Pediatr. 1994 Jun;15(3):S66-70. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94342488
 AB    Numerous articles stress the unique problems of mourning an acquired
       immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related death and suggest
       psychotherapeutic interventions. However, no studies have been conducted
       that identify what differs in the grief process when the death was
       AIDS-associated and whether the extensive clinical and research
       literature on bereavement can be generalized to AIDS. This paper focuses
       on a bereaved population that has suffered AIDS-related loss--the
       uninfected children of mothers who die of AIDS, a group that has been
       referred to as AIDS orphans. We begin with a brief discussion of factors
       that complicate the grief process among those who lose a significant
       other to AIDS. Next we discuss the factors that the extant clinical and
       research literatures suggest may influence adjustment to parental death
       in childhood. Then we apply this literature to parental loss in
       childhood from an AIDS-associated death. Finally we recommend directions
       for future research.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PSYCHOLOGY  Adaptation,
       Psychological  Attitude to Death  *Bereavement  Child  Child Development
       Child, Preschool  Communication  Human  *Parents  Shame  Social
       Environment  Social Support  Truth Disclosure  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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