Bachelor of Social Work- Dynamics of loss and grief
Complete the following learning activity and self-assess your own learning in this module.
How has your reading and thinking in this module added to your knowledge base about grief and loss? ·
From Module One’s essential reading list, select one reading and critically discuss the relevance of this theoretical approach within the area of loss and grief
literature in today’s context. Your responses should be one to two pages in length (maximum of 350 words, excluding references) and be posted on the Module One
Discussion Board.
You must submit a post for this Learning Activity in order to pass this course. Theoretical underpinning is essential within your responses. You must in-text reference
at least three academic sources when critically reflecting on your own learning.
You may write in the first person in this piece of academic writing, as you are specifically reflecting on your own learning.
Readings for Module One Essential Readings:
Brinkmann, S. (2014). Languages of suffering. Theory & Psychology, 0959354314531523.
Granek, L. (2015). Mourning Matters: Women and the Medicalization of Grief. In McHugh, M.C & Chrisler, J.C (eds). The Wrong Prescription for Women: How Medicine and
Media Create a” Need” for Treatments, Drugs, and Surgery: How Medicine and Media Create a” Need” for Treatments, Drugs, and Surgery, Praeger: USA, pp. 257-275.
Harris, D. (2010). Oppression of the bereaved: A critical analysis of grief in western society. OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying, 60(3), 241-253.
Lafrance, M. N., & McKenzie-Mohr, S. (2013). The DSM and its lure of legitimacy. Feminism & Psychology, 23(1), 119-140.
Parkes, C. M. (2014). Diagnostic criteria for complications of bereavement in the DSM-5. Bereavement Care, 33(3), 113-117.
Penson, W. J. (2012). De-Medicalizing Misery: Psychiatry, Psychology and the Human Condition. British Journal of Social Work, 42(4), 803-804.
Stroebe, M. S. (2002). Paving the way: From early attachment theory to contemporary bereavement research. Mortality, 7(2), 127-138.
Ussher, J. M. (2010). Are we medicalizing women’s misery? A critical review of women’s higher rates of reported depression. Feminism & Psychology, 20(1), 9-35.
