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This edited volume explores the wide range of practice situations across the human services in which issues loss and grief are likely to be important. It also extends understandings of loss and grief beyond death-related...
This edited volume explores the wide range of practice situations across the human services in which issues loss and grief are likely to be important. It also extends understandings of loss and grief beyond death-related losses, encompassing new developments in the theoretical literature. Addressing the social and political dimensions of loss and grief as well as the psychological dimensions, this text brings together contributors from a variety of disciplines, professional background and countries, including such renowned figures as Dame Cicely Saunders and Robert A.Neimeyer.
Edited and written by leading authors Provides an engaging and fresh exploration of the implications of loss and grief that extends understanding beyond death-related losses Interprofessional and international in perspective it marries theory with personal experience and practical implications
Foreword; J.D.Morgan Preface Acknowledgements PART 1: LOSS IN CONTEXT The Philosophy of Hospice; C.Saunders Spirituality: A Personal View; B.Moss Meaning Reconstruction Theory; R.Neimeyer and A. Anderson Race and Culture; S.Desai and D.Bevan Gender; G.Riches Poverty and Deprivationy; D.Bevan PART 2: ARENAS OF LOSS Children and Divorce; B.Kroll Adoption and Substitute Care; M.Romaine Disability; B.Sapey Ill-Health; J.Katz Older People; S.Thompson Losses and Justice: An Australian Perspective; J.Dawes PART 3: WORKING WITH LOSS Teaching and Learning about Loss; J.Weinstein A Framework for Working with Loss; M.Lloyd References Index.
NEIL THOMPSON is a highly respected writer, teacher and adviser, with over 32 years' experience in the people professions. He has held full or honorary professorships at four UK universities, and is now a sought-after trainer, consultant and conference speaker. He is the editor-in-chief of two online communities (Well-being Zone: www.well-beingzone.com and Social Work Focus: www.socialworkfocus.com). His personal website is at www.neilthompson.info.
NEIL THOMPSON is a highly respected writer, teacher and adviser, with over 32 years' experience in the people professions. He has held full or honorary professorships at four UK universities, and is now a sought-after trainer, consultant and conference speaker. He is the editor-in-chief of two online communities (Well-being Zone: www.well-beingzone.com and Social Work Focus: www.socialworkfocus.com). His personal website is at www.neilthompson.info.
