ABSTRACT
Peter Titelman describes the relationship between death and differentiation in the family. Sections include the following: Bowen’s Experience with Mortality: From Youth to Adulthood; Bowen’s Natural Systems Perspective on Death; Bowen Theory Provides a Framework for Understanding Death in the Family; Bowen’s Approach to Death: Principles, Concepts, and Ritual; Examples of Variations of Facing Death in Families at Different Levels of Differentiation; and A Clinical Application for Chronic Illness and Death in the Family: Talk to the Person Behind the Dysfunction.
