Description
Book SynopsisA 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.
Trade Review'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
Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Theories of Bereavement 3. Immediate Support for the Bereaved 4. Longer Term Support for the Bereaved 5. Cultural and Faith Influences 6. Differing Perspectives of Grief 7. Sudden and Traumatic Death 8. Suicide 9. Death of a Baby/Child 10. Unrecognised Grief 11. Self Care when Working with the Bereaved Resources
