Grief Matters: The Australian Journal of Grief and Bereavement

The journal Grief Matters: The Australian Journal of Grief and Bereavement, published by the Centre in-house since 1998, encompasses both academic and applied aspects of grief and bereavement and is a ranked journal with the Australian Research Council as part of the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative.

Past contributors have included Robert A. Neimeyer, Colin Murray Parkes, Simon Shimshon Rubin, Ruth Malkinson, John R. Jordan, Margaret Stroebe, Henk Schut, J. William Worden, Kenneth J. Doka, George A. Bonnano, Holly G. Prigerson, Cecilia L. W. Chan, David E. Balk, Phyllis S. Kosminsky and many more.

The journal is published three times annually in May, August and December, with a central theme for each issue.

The journal will be of great benefit to mental health practitioners, tertiary institutions, teaching organisations and occupations related to loss and grief. 

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Become a member of the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement and receive free online access to the Grief Matters catalogue.

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Current Edition

Volume 21, Issue 3, 2018

Grief Matters The Australian Journal of Grief and Bereavement - Funerals in Past, Present and Future Tenses

Editorial: Philip Bachelor

Funerals in Past, Present and Future Tenses
William G. Hoy

The Last Part of Life Is Changing
Russ Allison

Celebrating Lives
James MacLeod

 

Memorializing Those We Love
Stan Harris