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Bereavement and loss in two Muslim communities: Egypt and Bali compared

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The paper discusses the experimental dimension of bereavement and grief in two Muslim societies, and argues that culture more than religion shapes and organizes responses to loss. The risks to health involved, clearly conceptualized in both societies, require entirely different preventive measures at the popular health care level to accommodate to different, culturally constructed notions of self, body and interpersonal obligation. A plea for indepth studies that focus more on emotional experience in loss than on ritualized mourning is endorsed.

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  • Wikan, Unni, 1988. "Bereavement and loss in two Muslim communities: Egypt and Bali compared," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 27(5), pages 451-460, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:27:y:1988:i:5:p:451-460
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    1. Samir Al-Adawi & Rustam Burjorjee & Ihsan Al-Issa, 1997. "Mu-Ghayeb: a Culture-Specific Response To Bereavement in Oman," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 43(2), pages 144-151, June.
    2. Samir Al-Adawi & Zakiya Al-Busaidi & Sara Al-Adawi & David T. Burke, 2012. "Families Coping With Disability Due to Brain Injury in Oman," SAGE Open, , vol. 2(3), pages 21582440124, July.

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