Living with Grief when Illness is ProlongedKenneth J. Doka, Joyce Davidson This book was produced as a companion to the Hospice Foundation of America's fourth annual national bereavement teleconference. Hospice Foundation of America is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing leadership in the development of hospice and its philosophy of care for terminally-ill people. Through education, research, and philanthroptc programs, The Hospice Foundation of America assists those who cope either personally or professionally with terminal illness and the process of death, grief and bereavement. In addition to the annual teleconference, the Foundation publishes Journeys, a monthly newsletter to help in bereavement; produces A Guide to Recalling and Telling Your Life Story, a tool to assist people in writing their autobiographies; and provides a number of free informational brochures on hospices, military service centers, and other organizations. The Foundation is developing an audiotape series entitled Clergy to Clergy to help clergy members learn more about grief and bereavement issues. |
Contents
Perspectives On Loss When Illness Is Prolonged | 1 |
When Illness Is Prolonged Implications for Grief | 5 |
Fading Away During Terminal Illness Implications for Bereavement in Family Members | 17 |
Living and Learning the Reality of a Loved Ones Dying Traumatic Stress and Cognitive Processing in Anticipatory Grief | 33 |
Hard Decisions in Hard Times Making Ethical Choices During Prolonged Illness | 51 |
Hospice Care and Its Effect on the Grieving Process | 67 |
The Story of Miss Mildred Her Living and Dying | 83 |
Grief Loss and the Illness Experience | 97 |
Paths to Healing | 133 |
Coping with Longterm Illness and Death in an Adult The Impact on Grieving Children and Adolescents | 135 |
A Decalogue Ten Commandments for the Concerned Caregiver | 149 |
Meaning Reconstruction and the Experience of Chronic Loss | 159 |
Healing Rituals Pathways to Wholeness During Prolonged Illness and Following Death | 177 |
Conclusion | 193 |
Resource List | 197 |
References | 207 |
Death From The Cancers | 99 |
Modulated Mourning The Grief and Mourning of Those Infected and Affected by HIVAIDS | 105 |
Systemic Understandings of Loss and Grief Related to Alzheimers Disease | 119 |
Biographical Information | 217 |
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