ABSTRACT
It has been over a quarter of a century since the concept of disenfranchised grief was rst introduced (Doka, 1989). Yet comparatively little has been systematically written about the relationship between traumatic loss and disenfranchised grief. Some work has been done on the disenfranchisement of deaths, such as suicide or homicide, but this mostly focused on the stigmatizing elements in those deaths, rather than the trauma itself (Doka, 2002). Yet, the very elements of trauma – whatever the source – can disenfranchise grief.
