Social Science : Death & Dying

When a family member or close friend dies, it can be difficult to know how best to help the children and teenagers involved. Someone Very Important Has Just Died is a practical book written for those caring for children and teenagers suffering a close bereavement. Intended for use immediately or soon after the death has occurred, this book gives practical and detailed guidance on what adults might say and do to help children. This much-needed resource tackles the sensitive issues of what to tell children, how far to include them in the events immediately after the death, and how to tend to their physical and emotional needs. The material is suitable for anyone regardless of their background and beliefs, and is supplemented with information on where to go to obtain longer term bereavement support. Someone Very Important Has Just Died is an ideal resource for professionals in all areas of work relating to bereavement. It is designed to be given to adults with children in their care at the time of a death. more...

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An examination of the importance attached to preserving the memory of the dead in the Roman world, and an exploration of the ways in which funerary inscriptions can be used to reconstruct Roman lives. The valuable source material is extensively reproduced, and the discussion is accessible to non-specialists. - ;Spirits of the Dead examines the importance attached to preserving the memory of the dead in the Roman world, and explores the ways in which funerary inscriptions can be used to reconstruct Roman lives, however fragmentarily and imperfectly. It is the only study to examine epigraphic, historical, and archaeological evidence in order to gain insight into the way Romans used funerary texts to establish a dialogue with their own society. Maureen Carroll brings together a large. body of material from many geographical areas, shedding light on provincial and regional variation in funerary commemoration and even on the differences between funerary traditions of neighbouring towns. - ;...the broadest study in English of Roman burial practice since Toynbee's 1971 Death and Burial in the Roman World. - John Pearce, Journal of Roman Studies;Well illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps, this volume explores the significant aspects of life, death and social relationships. - Richard Hingley, British Archaeology more...

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'Although I have been immersed in these issues about 15 years, this book gripped me and moved me profoundly. It manages to achieve sensitivity without sentimentality, and highlights the humanity and dignity of Alexander and his family, during some very undignified experiences...This book needs to be read by everyone.'. - Myrna Whiteson, The Teenage Cancer Trust, UK. Alexander had just begun his studies at university when he was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer. In this honest account, Alex's mother traces the impact of the diagnosis on the whole family and outlines the issues that arose during diagnosis, treatment and terminal stages of her son's illness. Standing on His Own Two Feet offers an insight into how health care systems serve the terminally ill, the choices faced by families, and ways of providing the best possible care at home and maintaining the patient's dignity until the end. In particular, Sue Grant deals sensitively with the care needs of young adults. Portraying a family of admirable resilience and strength, this inspiring and moving book offers support and practical tips for anybody encountering terminal illness and presents valuable discussion points for all nursing, health and social care professionals. more...

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'What is exceptional about this book is that it offers the accounts of children and young people themselves about the loss of parents. This is a book which includes deaths due to natural causes, accidents, suicide and murder. It tells important truths in the clear direct voices of those children and young people themselves, aged from one upwards. It is a brave book, full of complexity that, like the children and young people themselves, doesn't duck the painful and difficult issues it explores. It is a book helpfully to be read by adults and children alike. Yet again it confirms that children know and understand much more than adults tend to give them credit for and all the more for that, need support, understanding and being listening to. …Should be on every social care book shelf. I am grateful that I have come across [it]. '. - Peter Beresford, Professor of Social Policy and Director of the Centre for Citizen Participation, Brunel University. Praise for the Swedish Edition:. 'Anyone who loses a sibling or a parent should automatically be given this book. That's how good it is.'. - Länstidningen Södertälje (Swedish daily paper). 'A book that helps make grief easier to bear.'. - Länstidningen Östersund (Swedish daily paper). 'A series of powerful stories has sprung up out of the depths of grief and loss.'. - Helsingborgs dagblad (Swedish daily paper). 'The stories are about their vivid, intimate, day-to-day thoughts, feelings and experiences, about grief, loss and the events connected with a death, and about things one has shared with the person who has died and other memories. This book shows how important it is to be allowed to say farewell to a loved one and to be able to talk about one's loss and people's reactions to it. These children and teenagers tell us how they want and need people around them to react. The book works very well as a form of support and as the starting-point for talking to other young people who have also lo more...

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This book provides an excellent resource for secondary schools to be used in supporting young people coping with grief, loss and death'- Educational Psychology in Practice. This book provides students aged 11 to 18 with an opportunity to consider the effects of grief, loss, and death; develop the ability to talk about, acknowledge and manage the feelings associated with the grieving process; and maintain mental health and resilience. Teacher//facilitator notes, copiable activities and all resources are provided for the 10 sessions, which can be delivered to either the whole class or to smaller groups of students. more...

Price: $30.95