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Abstract
A practical guide for those who work with the bereaved in a variety of settings, from nurses and social workers to volunteers. Covering ethics, cultural issues and support networks, an essential text for those seeking to build understanding and skills in order to offer better support to the dying and the bereaved.
Working with bereavement is an excellent practical guide that covers a vast array of subject matter from theories of bereavement, working with bereavement to hard to talk about deaths.' Ibadete Fetahu, Nursing Times
Janet Lynn Wilson is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She has worked for over 30 years as a healthcare professional. She is also a psychotherapist with many years' experience as a counsellor, group facilitator and supervisor of those involved in supporting the bereaved. She has recently completed research into nursing staff responses to patient death and has published papers on this and related topics.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Contents | vii | ||
| List of Figures | xi | ||
| Acknowledgements | xii | ||
| Introduction | 1 | ||
| Terms used in the book | 1 | ||
| A note about myself | 2 | ||
| The book's structure | 2 | ||
| 1 Theories of Bereavement | 4 | ||
| Introduction | 4 | ||
| Freud: mourning and melancholia | 5 | ||
| Lindemann: acute grief and rituals | 6 | ||
| Kübler-Ross: stages of loss | 7 | ||
| Bowlby: attachment theory | 9 | ||
| Murray Parkes: phases of grief | 10 | ||
| Worden: the four tasks of mourning | 10 | ||
| Stroebe and Schut: dual process model | 12 | ||
| Walter: biography | 14 | ||
| Klass, Silverman and Nickman: continuing bonds | 15 | ||
| Neimeyer: Reconstructing meaning | 15 | ||
| Stokes: resilience | 16 | ||
| Pictures and diagrams | 17 | ||
| Conclusion | 20 | ||
| Key points | 21 | ||
| Further Reading | 21 | ||
| 2 Working with Bereavement | 22 | ||
| Introduction | 22 | ||
| A good death | 22 | ||
| Communication skills | 24 | ||
| Pre-bereavement support | 27 | ||
| At the time of death | 29 | ||
| The time following the death | 31 | ||
| Working creatively | 40 | ||
| Conclusion | 40 | ||
| Key points | 41 | ||
| Further Reading | 41 | ||
| 3 Practical and Professional Issues in Supporting the Bereaved | 42 | ||
| Introduction | 42 | ||
| Support, counselling and psychotherapy: the difference | 42 | ||
| Different approaches to counselling and psychotherapy | 44 | ||
| The therapeutic relationship | 46 | ||
| Counselling and psychotherapy regulation | 48 | ||
| Choosing the type of help | 48 | ||
| The room | 49 | ||
| Boundaries | 56 | ||
| Number of sessions | 58 | ||
| Individual and group support | 59 | ||
| Conclusion | 62 | ||
| Key points | 63 | ||
| Further Reading | 63 | ||
| 4 Culture, Faith and Spirituality | 64 | ||
| Introduction | 64 | ||
| Traditional funerals | 67 | ||
| Secular society | 67 | ||
| Contemporary Irish society | 68 | ||
| Christian | 69 | ||
| Buddhist | 70 | ||
| Hindu | 71 | ||
| Humanist | 73 | ||
| Jewish | 73 | ||
| Muslim | 75 | ||
| Contemporary practices | 76 | ||
| Matters to consider | 77 | ||
| Conclusion | 80 | ||
| Key Points | 80 | ||
| Further Reading | 80 | ||
| 5 Differing Perspectives of Grief | 82 | ||
| Introduction | 82 | ||
| The impact of age | 82 | ||
| Death of a parent | 83 | ||
| Death of a spouse or partner | 84 | ||
| Multiple deaths | 85 | ||
| Celebrity death | 85 | ||
| Roadside memorials | 86 | ||
| Complex family relationships | 87 | ||
| Complicated grief | 88 | ||
| The medicalization of grief | 90 | ||
| Grief and time | 91 | ||
| Specific behaviours that may result from grief | 94 | ||
| Conclusion | 97 | ||
| Key points | 98 | ||
| Further Reading | 98 | ||
| 6 Sudden and Traumatic Death | 99 | ||
| Introduction | 99 | ||
| Sudden and traumatic death | 99 | ||
| Issues resulting from sudden and traumatic death | 109 | ||
| Conclusion | 115 | ||
| Key points | 116 | ||
| Further Reading | 116 | ||
| 7 Hard to Talk About Deaths | 117 | ||
| Introduction | 117 | ||
| Miscarriage | 117 | ||
| Stillbirth | 119 | ||
| Neonatal death | 121 | ||
| Termination | 123 | ||
| Death of a child | 124 | ||
| The impact of grief on the family | 125 | ||
| Suicide | 127 | ||
| Conclusion | 135 | ||
| Key points | 135 | ||
| Further Reading | 135 | ||
| 8 Unrecognized Grief | 137 | ||
| Introduction | 137 | ||
| Disenfranchised grief | 137 | ||
| Learning disability | 142 | ||
| HIV and AIDS | 145 | ||
| Dementia | 147 | ||
| Conclusion | 150 | ||
| Key points | 151 | ||
| Further Reading | 151 | ||
| 9 Self-care When Working with the Bereaved | 152 | ||
| Introduction | 152 | ||
| Emotional labour | 152 | ||
| Vicarious trauma | 154 | ||
| Emotional intelligence | 156 | ||
| Coping strategies | 157 | ||
| Features affecting practitioner responses to their work | 159 | ||
| Self-care strategies and systems | 160 | ||
| Conclusion | 165 | ||
| Key points | 166 | ||
| Further Reading | 166 | ||
| Sources of Information and Support | 167 | ||
| References | 171 | ||
| Index | 181 |