Working with Bereavement
A Practical Guide
Published on 22. September 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-0-230-29145-4 (ISBN)
Description
A practical guide for those who work with the bereaved in a variety of settings, from nurses and social workers to volunteers. Covering ethics, cultural issues and support networks, an essential text for those seeking to build understanding and skills in order to offer better support to the dying and the bereaved.
Reviews / Votes
'Working with bereavement is an excellent practical guide that covers a vast array of subject matter from theories of bereavement, working with bereavement to hard to talk about deaths.' Ibadete Fetahu, Nursing TimesMore details
Edition
2014
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 21.6 cm
Width: 13.8 cm
Weight
264 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-29145-4 (9780230291454)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-137-41371-0
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
09/2014
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
€35.49
Available for download
Person
Janet Lynn Wilson is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She has worked for over 30 years as a healthcare professional. She is also a psychotherapist with many years' experience as a counsellor, group facilitator and supervisor of those involved in supporting the bereaved. She has recently completed research into nursing staff responses to patient death and has published papers on this and related topics.
Content
1. Introduction.- 2. Theories of Bereavement.- 3. Immediate Support for the Bereaved.- 4. Longer Term Support for the Bereaved.- 5. Cultural and Faith Influences.- 6. Differing Perspectives of Grief.- 7. Sudden and Traumatic Death.- 8. Suicide.- 9. Death of a Baby/Child.- 10. Unrecognised Grief.- 11. Self Care when Working with the Bereaved.- Resources