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Helping grieving people : when tears are not enough : a handbook for care providers /

Jeffreys, J. Shep

Helping grieving people : when tears are not enough : a handbook for care providers / - New York : Brunner-Routledge, 2005. - xxiv, 347 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Series in death, dying, and bereavement .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The social and cultural context of grief -- The human grief response : grief and its function -- Loss and death in the family -- The grief of children and adolescents : loss of a parent -- The grief of parents : an upside down world -- Older adult grief -- Chronic illness/disability, terminality, and dying -- Helping grieving people : a continuum of care for healing -- Complications of the human grief process -- Case studies.

This is a training manual for care providers of all disciplines - mental health professionals, clergy, hospice, school and medical personnel - designed to train those who will provide care, support and counselling to the large number of people grieving death and illness, and other losses.

0415946034 (pbk.) 9780415946032: £24.99


Grief.
Bereavement--Psychological aspects.
Grief therapy.
Death--Psychological aspects.
Loss (Psychology)

155.937 / JEF