Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Washington, DC : Bristol, PA : Hospice Foundation of America ; Taylor & Francis [distributor]
ISBN
9781560325789
Description
First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Local notes
This book considers the ways that grief influences us in varied settings, offering humane and practical suggestions to organizations such as workplaces, schools or places of worship as to how they can assist grievers in their midst struggling with illness and loss.
CONTENTS:
Journey of a young widow / Victoria Cummock -- After heart attack and stroke / Stephen P. Hersh -- America's number one killer : vehicular crashes / Janice Harris Lord -- Survivors of suicide / Judith M. Stillion -- Sudden violent death / Lula M. Redmond -- Complicated grief in the military / Bonnie Carroll, Lisa Hudson, Dianne Ruby -- Traumatic death : treatment implications / Charles R. Figley -- Social psychological aspects of disaster death / Vanderlyn R. Pine -- Grief counseling for survivors of traumatic loss / Dana G. Cable -- Using funeral rituals to help survivors / O. Duane Weeks -- Complications in mourning traumatic death / Therese A. Rando -- Masculine grief / Terry Martin and Kenneth J. Doka -- Law enforcement and EMS personnel / Lois Chapman Dick -- Spiritual support after a sudden loss / Earl A. Grollman -- Sudden death : how the media can help / Brian Kates -- The response of schools and teachers / Robert G. Stevenson -- Government's role in disaster response / Laura W. Boyd -- An annotated resource list on traumatic loss / Mary Beth Williams with the assistance of Michelle Ledbetter.
CONTENTS:
Journey of a young widow / Victoria Cummock -- After heart attack and stroke / Stephen P. Hersh -- America's number one killer : vehicular crashes / Janice Harris Lord -- Survivors of suicide / Judith M. Stillion -- Sudden violent death / Lula M. Redmond -- Complicated grief in the military / Bonnie Carroll, Lisa Hudson, Dianne Ruby -- Traumatic death : treatment implications / Charles R. Figley -- Social psychological aspects of disaster death / Vanderlyn R. Pine -- Grief counseling for survivors of traumatic loss / Dana G. Cable -- Using funeral rituals to help survivors / O. Duane Weeks -- Complications in mourning traumatic death / Therese A. Rando -- Masculine grief / Terry Martin and Kenneth J. Doka -- Law enforcement and EMS personnel / Lois Chapman Dick -- Spiritual support after a sudden loss / Earl A. Grollman -- Sudden death : how the media can help / Brian Kates -- The response of schools and teachers / Robert G. Stevenson -- Government's role in disaster response / Laura W. Boyd -- An annotated resource list on traumatic loss / Mary Beth Williams with the assistance of Michelle Ledbetter.