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A tribute, not a memorial: understanding ambiguous loss

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Volume 37 , Issue 2 (June 2008) table of contents
Tribute to honor Jim Gray

SPECIAL ISSUE: Proceedings of tribute to honor Jim Gray table of contents

Pages 19-20

Year of Publication: 2008

ISSN:0163-5808

Author

Pauline Boss

University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

In this paper, I discuss ambiguous loss, why it is so traumatizing, what to do to lower the distress when someone disappears without a trace, and why a tribute is more appropriate than a memorial. The paper is dedicated to the family, friends, and colleagues of Jim Gray.

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	1	Boss, P. Ambiguous Loss. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA (1999, 2000-paper).
	2	Boss, P. "Ambiguous Loss: Working With the Families of the Missing," Family Process, 41(1), 14--17 (March, 2002).
	3	Boss, P. "Ambiguous Loss in Families of the Missing," Lancet, 360, 39--40 (December, 2002).
	4	Boss, P. "Ambiguous Loss, Theory, Research, and Practice: Reflections After 9/11," Journal of Marriage and Family, 66, 551--566 (August, 2004).
	5	Boss, P. Loss, Trauma, and Resilience. W. W. Norton, New York (2006).
	6	Jim Gray , Mark Compton, A call to arms, Queue, v.3 n.3, April 2005 [doi>10.1145/1059791.1059805]
	7	Silberman, S. "Where is Jim Gray?" Wired Magazine, 15:08, 130--139, 154--155 (August, 2007).

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A. General Literature
A.0 GENERAL

Additional Classification:
K. Computing Milieux
K.2 HISTORY OF COMPUTING
Subjects: People

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