THE NEED FOR BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT PROGRAMMES IN THE WORKPLACE

Authors

  • Vanagree Naidoo Department of Social Work and Criminology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
  • Rina Delport Department of Social Work and Criminology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15270/45-4-195

Abstract

Bereavement is an almost universal human experience and strikes practically all people several
times during the course of a life. This is viewed as the most stressful life event, which is often
severely traumatic, affects all facets of a person’s life and could last from weeks to years (Woof
& Carter, 1997:443).

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2014-06-18

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Naidoo, V., & Delport, R. (2014). THE NEED FOR BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT PROGRAMMES IN THE WORKPLACE. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 45(4). https://doi.org/10.15270/45-4-195

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Vol. 45 No. 4 (2009)

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