Grieving the Living and the Lost: Sibling Experiences With Drug-Related Deaths
Grieving the Living and the Lost: Sibling Experiences With Drug-Related Deaths
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Issue Date
2025-07-03
Authors
Hayes, Brittany
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Abstract
Drug-related deaths (DRDs) continue to be at an all-time high. The increase in these deaths leaves many family members bereaved. Although research in the field of death studies may explore these losses, the bereavement experiences of siblings following a DRD remain under-researched in comparison to other areas of bereavement research. This capstone project aims to explore what shapes siblings' experiences following a DRD by exploring the intersection of ambiguous loss, anticipatory grief, stigma, and disenfranchised grief through a thematic literature review.
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drug-related death , substance use disorder , ambiguous loss theory , disenfranchised grief , anticipatory grief , addiction , sibling bereavement , stigma , meaning-making
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States , openAccess