@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10008335,
	  title     = {The Experiences of Hong Kong Chinese Divorced Wives in Facing the Cancer Death of Their  Ex-Husbands },
	  author    = {M. L. Yeung},
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	  abstract     = {With the surge of divorce rate and male cancer onset/death rates, the phenomenon of divorced wives in the facing cancer death of their ex-husbands is not uncommon in Hong Kong. Yet, there is a dearth of study on the experiences of bereaved-divorced wives in the Hong Kong cultural context. This project fills the knowledge gap by conducting a qualitative study for having interviewed four bereaved ex-wives, who returned to ex-husbands’ end-of-life caregiving and eventually grieved for the ex-spousal’s death. From the perspectives of attachment theory and disenfranchised grief in the Hong Kong cultural context, a ‘double-loss’ experience is found in which interviewees suffer from the first loss of divorce and the second loss of ex-husbands’ death. Traumatic childhood experiences, attachment needs, role ambiguity, unresolved emotions and unrecognized grief are found significant in their lived experiences which alert the ‘double-loss’ is worthy of attention. Extending a family-centered end-of-life and bereavement care services to divorced couples is called for, in which validation on the attachment needs, ex-couple reconciliation, and acknowledgement on the disenfranchised grief are essential for social work practice on this group of clienteles specifically in Hong Kong cultural context.},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences},
	  volume    = {12},
	  number    = {1},
	  year      = {2018},
	  pages     = {16 - 25},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10008335},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/133},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 133, 2018},
	}