On the Death of a ChildThe death of a child - whether during or following birth, through illness, through accident, or through suicide - is one of the greatest challenges families, carers, friends, and the health and social care professionals who support them can face. This book provides professionals with practical advice, resources for further support and reading, and much-needed reassurance that whatever contact they have with the bereaved, and however inadequate they may feel to the task, they can make a difference. With revised material and an entirely new chapter reflecting recent developments in bereavement theory, the third edition of this classic text offers unique insights for professionals with varying levels of experience. From theory and narrative come practical ideas on what to say, what to do, how to behave, how to stay humble in situations where the only real experts are the bereaved themselves, and how professionals can look after themselves in what can be particularly traumatic and upsetting circumstances. |
Contents
Features of grief and mourning when a child dies | 29 |
Professional roles | 57 |
Guidelines for all | 93 |
Guidelines for stressful situations | 107 |
Guidelines for talking with children | 124 |
Support for families | 141 |
Support for schools | 164 |
Support services | 181 |
Hope meaning and resilience | 190 |
Useful contacts for support organisations | 217 |
Childrens hospices | 224 |
Useful resources for working with children | 232 |
Common terms and phrases
adults affected Alder Centre Alder Hey anxiety baby befriending bereaved families bereaved parents bereavement support body carers Chapter child death client concerned cope coroner cot death counselling counsellor cystic fibrosis Dave dead child deal Department for Children develop died distress doctor emotional experience family members feelings friends funeral funeral director geneogram grief reactions grieving guidelines guilt happened health visitor Helpline Hospice Care hospital important inquest involved Liverpool lives London loss Macmillan nurses mortem mother mourning National Extension College nurse offer one’s organisations paediatrician pain palliative care pathologist person police practice professionals psychotherapist reality reassurance recognise relationship resilience responsibility rituals role sense siblings situation social worker someone staff Stillbirth sudden suicide supervision talk tasks teachers therapy traumatic Trust understanding vulnerable Wakley Street young