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By 1987 Torrie was noting that the support work supplied by Cruse was moving away from practical and spiritual support into a main influence on psychological support. The causes of this trend was said to be women's liberation, reduced religious belief and general affluence. In that year she published
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She founded a charity in 1959, Cruse, to support bereaved people in the UK. Her volunteers needed to deliver more than kindness but she wanted then to have a spiritual basis for their work. Religious advice was not included however and in time Cruse became a secular charity.
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