Description
Book Synopsis
"To those of us who have been aware of the innovative service to families facing death and bereavement that has been developed by David W. Kissane and Sidney Bloch this book has been eagerly awaited. Their work is a logical development in the field of Palliative Care in which it has long been recognized that, when life is threatened, it is the family (which includes the patient) which is, or ought to be, the unit of care.
The work also has great relevance for the wider field of bereavement care...all who work to help families at times of death and bereavement will find much to learn from this book which represents a useful addition to our understanding of the losses which, sooner or later, we all have to face." - Colin Murray Parkes
Family members are often intimately involved in the care of dying people and themselves require support through both their experience of palliative care and bereavement. This innovative book describes a comprehensive model of fam
Trade Review"Kissane and Bloch demonstrate an extraordinary commitment to improving the quality of family life in this moving are readable account of a research project using Family Focussed Grief Therapy (FFGT). I recommend it to anyone working with seriously ill and dying patients." - Jeni WebsterTable of ContentsSeries editor's preface
Foreword by Colin Murray Parkes
Introduction
Family care and family grief
A typology of family functioning
Conducting family focused grief therapy (FFGT)
Common themes that arise during FFGT
A typical encounter of therapy
Challenges and problems in the delivery of FFGT
The impact of specific life events upon families
The ethical dimension
Clinical application of the FFGT model
Appendix 1
The Family Relationships Index (FRI)
Appendix 2
Tables of results from the Melbourne Family Grief Studies
Bibliography
Index.
