Helping grieving people when tears are not enough : a handbook for care providers / J. Shep Jeffreys.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jeffreys, J. Shep (John Shep)

Series:

Series in death, dying, and bereavement

The series in death, dying, and bereavement

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grief.

Bereavement--Psychological aspects.

Bereavement.

Death--Psychological aspects.

Death.

Loss (Psychology).

Attitude to Death.

Medical Subjects:

Grief.

Bereavement.

Attitude to Death.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 347 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Brunner-Routledge, 2005.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-340) and index.

ISBN:

0415946034

OCLC:

56421994