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A Messy Grieving Process Is Still a Healthy One
by Joseph Shapiro

Morning Edition, February 21, 2007 · The stages of grief are well known: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. It is commonly assumed that we move through these stages one by one as we mourn the death of someone we love. But therapists and other experts in bereavement have long suspected it's not quite so simple. New research published in The Journal of the American Medical Association investigates the process of grief.


The Research
Read the research behind this story in The Journal of the American Medical Association