Authored by Dr. Boss
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Boss, P. (2008, September). Family focus on . . . adoption: Rethinking adoptions that dissolve: What we need to know about research, practice, policies--and attitudes. National Council on Family Relations Report, FF39, F5-F7, F19.
Boss, P. (2009). The myth of independence in older marriages. Journal of Pensando Familias, 12(2).
Boss, P. (2010). The trauma and complicated grief of ambiguous loss. Pastoral Psychology, 59(2), 137-145. doi: 10.1007/s11089-009-0264-0
Boss, P. (2010). The trauma and complicated grief of ambiguous loss. Pastoral Psychology, 59(2), 137-145. doi: 10.1007/s11089-009-0264-0
Boss, P. (2011). Loving someone who has dementia: How to find hope while coping with stress and grief. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass
Boss, P. (2012, May 8). For caregivers of spouses with dementia, a redefinition of marriage. Next Avenue. Retrieved from: https://www.nextavenue.org/caregivers-spouses-dementia-redefinition-marriage/
Boss, P. (2012). Resilience as tolerance for ambiguity. In D. S. Becvar (Ed.), Handbook of family resilience (pp. 285-297). New York: Springer.
Boss, P. (2012). The ambiguous loss of dementia: A relational view of complicated grief in caregivers. In M. O’Reilly-Landry (Ed.), A psychodynamic understanding of modern medicine: Placing the person at the center of care (pp. 183-193). London: Radcliffe.
Boss, P. (2013, Fall). Working with grieving families. CFLE Network, 10-11, 13.
Boss, P. (2013, Fall). Working with grieving families. CFLE Network, 10-11, 13.
Boss, P. (2014, April 3). How to support families dealing with ambiguous loss [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://cehdvision2020.umn.edu/blog/ambiguous-loss-family-support/
Boss, P. (2014). Family stress. In A. C. Michalos (Ed.), Encyclopedia of quality of life and well-being research (pp. 2202-2208). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.
Boss, P. (2014, March 18). The pain of flight MH370 lies in its ambiguity. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/18/flight-mh370-families-grief-ambiguity
Boss, P. (2015). Coping with the suffering of ambiguous loss. In R. E. Anderson (Ed.), World suffering and the quality of life (pp. 125-134). New York: Springer.
Boss, P. (2015). On the usefulness of theory: Applying family therapy and family science to the relational developmental systems metamodel. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 7(2), 105-108.