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Kara Thieleman
Researcher at Arizona State University
Publications - 25
Citations - 367
Kara Thieleman is an academic researcher from Arizona State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Grief & Mindfulness. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 22 publications receiving 289 citations.
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We rise out of the cradle into the grave: an ethnographic exploration of ritual, mourning, and death on a Hutterite colony.
Joanne Cacciatore,Kara Thieleman +1 more
TL;DR: An ethnographic exploration into the experience of child death and ritual on a Hutterite colony utilizing participant-observation and interviewing revealed three recurrent themes emerged: ritual/tradition, spirituality/faith, and social cohesion and integration/group identity.
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Pharmacological Treatment Following Traumatic Bereavement: A Case Series
Joanne Cacciatore,Kara Thieleman +1 more
TL;DR: There is little evidence to guide the use of psychotropic medications immediately following bereavement, and results suggest that clinical practice may not be guided by empirical research in this area.
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Exhaust All Measures: Ethical Issues in Pediatric End-of-Life Care.
TL;DR: Two vignettes are utilizes to illustrate potential ethical issues in pediatric end-of-life care settings and the National Association of Social Workers Standards for Palliative and End of Life Care (NASW, 2004) is applied to explore options for their resolution.
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"As if Nothing Happened": Experiences of Bereaved Parents in Romania.
Kara Thieleman,Joanne Cacciatore +1 more
TL;DR: Very high levels of distress were found in a sample of 237 bereaved parents in Romania, primarily women, and Qualitative analyses of respondents’ narratives suggest that, through complex interactions between political, social, and medical systems, the lack of care after the death of a child seems to incite additional distress in parents.
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Normal Complications and Abnormal Assumptions After Perinatal Death.
Joanne Cacciatore,Kara Thieleman +1 more
TL;DR: This work examines social support, attitudes, context, and oppressive interpersonal and social structures that affect parents within a sometimes oppressive social context that either sees their expressions of loss as a normal response to an abnormal tragedy or as pathology.