The Anatomy of Bereavement: A Handbook for the Caring ProfessionsBereavement is a painful and inevitable experience. This book shares the experience of many bereavements, how they are dealt with, understood, and eventually adapted to in the ongoing framework of human life. |
Contents
The Background to Bereavement | 1 |
Separation and Mourning | 29 |
CHAPTER 3 The Bereaved Child | 66 |
CHAPTER 4 The Adolescents Grief and Mourning | 126 |
The Death of a Spouse | 163 |
The Death of a Child | 212 |
CHAPTER 7 The Griefs of Growing Old | 263 |
CHAPTER 8 Death and Disaster | 298 |
CHAPTER 9 Caring for the Bereaved | 329 |
Passion Compassion and Defense | 379 |
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The Anatomy of Bereavement: A Handbook for the Caring Professions Beverley Raphael Limited preview - 2003 |
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