A Week To Grieve?

Something my roommate and I were talking about last night struck me as a possible story idea, or at least a topic to explore. We were discussing the grieving process and she said something about it being rushed in our society when 70 years ago it was a year long respected process. I remember my nana telling me about how when each of her parents died when she was a child she had to wear all black for a year, there was limited social involvement, and if someone died within that year the whole process would start over from the beginning. However, now a days you get your week off of work and then you're expected to return and be a productive member of society. In the case of my roommate she had to go home for her fathers funeral and then return the next day for finals, which was really rough on her. I thought it would be interesting to see how "streamlined" the grief process has become over the years. This may not really pertain to Witt, but it's something I think could be a good feature piece.