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Complexities and complications which confront gay bereaved, e.g., lack of societal mechanisms, sanctions, and resources to aid in the bereavement process are identified and examined. Case material is used to document and delineate these and other special considerations. Therapeutic recommendations for working with bereaved gay patients are presented.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy
Pages: 517 - 525
PubMed: 7325265

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Published in print: 1981, pp. 465–612
Published online: 30 April 2018

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Reva Lee Siegal, L.C.S.W., M.S.W.
David D. Hoefer, L.C.S.W., M.S.W.

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Earlier versions of this paper were presented by the senior author at the 1977 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Suicidology in Boston, Mass; by both authors at the 1978 Northern California NASW Conference in San Francisco.
Doctoral student in Religion and Personality Sciences, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA; Private practice, Berkeley, CA.
Doctoral student in the Medical Sociology Dept. at the University of California, San Francisco; Private Practice, Berkeley, CA. Mailing address: Dept. of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate Program in Sociology, N-631-Y, UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94143.

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