Social Science : Death & Dying

Provides an examination of the interface between private narratives of loss and grief in wartime and publicly accepted and legitimized forms of grieving and mourning. This book provides a look at men's and women's experiences of war both 'at home' and 'at the front'. The analysis spans the two World Wars to the Vietnam War and the war in Iraq. more...

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 “Laura Seftel’s Grief Unseen is a generous gift to women and their partners who have experienced devastating loss through reproductive crisis. By including abortion and infertility as well as miscarriage, Seftel honors all life… Wise, comforting, and pragmatic, this book tutors all of us in the power of the creative arts to support the healing process that is native to the human soul.”. Pat B. Allen, author of Art is a Way of Knowing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago  “ Grief Unseen is lavishly illustrated with visual and literary examples of how bereaved parents can shape their sorrow into meaningful creative expressions... Laura Seftel has brought her deep knowledge and appreciation of artistic therapies to the troubling grief of pregnancy loss...a moving, evocative book.”. Perry-Lynn Moffitt, co-author of A Silent Sorrow: Pregnancy Loss. ''A creative, thorough, compassionate book that is a teaching to any caregiver.'' Mary Rockwood Lane, co-author of Creative Healing, University of Florida. At least one in five pregnancies end in miscarriage, yet pregnancy loss remains a taboo topic and effective aftercare is rarely available for those who have experienced it. Grief Unseen explains the different kinds of childbearing losses, such as failed fertility treatment, ectopic pregnancy, and stillbirth, and explores their emotional impact on women and their partners, and the process of healing. An established art therapist and mental health counselor, Laura Seftel shares her own experiences of miscarriage and recovery, and describes the use of art and ritual as a response to loss in traditional and modern cultures. She presents a rich variety of artists who have explored pregnancy loss in their work, including Frida Kahlo, Judy Chicago and Tori Amos, and shows how people with no previous artistic experience can generate creative responses as part of the healing process. The book includes step-by-step exercises in g more...

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3,500 people die every day in the UK and their death may affect the workplace in many ways. If the deceased was an employee, for example, or the partner of an employee, their manager will need to sort out the difficult issues that arise from death. This workbook places bereavement on the management agenda rather than leaving managerial responses to chance. It is a guide for anyone in an organisation who, in the case of death, has to take responsibility, from managers, human resource and occupational health specialists, to welfare officers and trade union representatives. more...

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"Danai Papadatou [presents] an approach of Relational Care, care based on an understanding of relationships, that should be essential reading .[S]he writes in an engaging and non-technical language, and manages to convey complex ideas in a manner that is accessible to all.". - Colin Murray Parkes, OBE, MD, FRCPsych. President, Cruse: Bereavement Care. (From the Foreword). In the Face of Death explores the experiences of health care professionals who care for the seriously ill, the dying, and the bereaved. In this book, Danai Papadatou offers a practical approach to caregiving, as well as a breadth and depth of insight into both the patient's and the caregiver's responses to death. The author discusses the issues and challenges health care professionals face when treating dying and bereaved patients. Topics include: compassion fatigue, the inevitability of suffering and the potential for growth, suffering in the workplace, team functioning in death situations, and team resilience. The Main themes are:.: The Caring Relationship focuses on the relationship between the care provider and the person who is dying or grieving, and proposes a new, relationship-based model of care; The Care Provider in Death Situations addresses the health professional's personal responses to death, using a model that illustrates the grieving process of the health professional; The Team in the Face of Death provides recommendations for effective, interdisciplinary care services that support dying or bereaved patients as well as the health care provider more...

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'The Inspiration of Hope in Bereavement Counselling stimulates the reflective practitioner to a multitude of questions... [It] speaks directly to the need for bereavement counsellors to attend to their own hope... John [Cutcliffe] has moved us beyond simply ''hope as an outcome'' to ''hope as a process'' of inspiring re-engagement with life.'. - From the foreword by Ronna Jevne. A person's sense of hope is essential to the process of bereavement counselling and nursing. This book brings together empirical research and theoretical thinking on hope to give practical guidance to professionals working with the bereaved. Experienced practitioner and academic John Cutcliffe takes into account evidence-based practice, describing not only what we know about the role played by hope, but also how we know about it. The text builds on the requirements of practitioners consulted in its development, identifying and examining the dynamics, principles and social processes involved in bereavement counselling and helping practitioners to understand how they can break through grief, anger and despair to inspire hope in their clients. In addition it covers the wider implications of hope-centred counselling on training and policy. Taking in a variety of sources from philosophy to health policy, this book gives a unique and comprehensive view of the developments and possibilities in hope-inspiring bereavement counselling, providing a wealth of advice and guidance for practitioners at all levels. more...

Price: $29.95