Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk (Aug 2010)

LOSS, GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT: THE EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN IN KINSHIP FOSTER CARE

  • Edmarié Pretorius,
  • Eleanor Ross

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15270/46-4-153
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 46, no. 4
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Although there has been a plethora of studies on the impact of HIV and AIDS, there wouldseem to be a paucity of research on the grief reactions and psychological trauma experiencedby children who have been orphaned by the pandemic and have subsequently been placed infoster care families.