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On Death and Dying

What the Dying have to teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and their own Families

By Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. The five stages of grief, first formulated in this hugely influential work forty years ago, are now part of…

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August 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46399-7 (Routledge)

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Bereavement Narratives

Continuing Bonds in the 21st Century

By Christine Valentine

Bereavement is often treated as a psychological condition of the individual with both healthy and pathological forms. However, this empirically-grounded study argues that this is…

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July 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45730-9 (Routledge)

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Communication as Comfort

Multiple Voices in Palliative Care

By Sandra L. Ragan, Elaine M. Wittenberg-Lyles, Joy Goldsmith, Sandra Sanchez-Reilly

This exceptional work explores the complexities of communication at one of the most critical stages of the life experience--during advanced, serious illness and at the…

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March 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-5809-9 (Routledge)

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Handbook of Thanatology

The Essential Body of Knowledge for the Study of Death, Dying, and Bereavement

Edited by David Balk

If ever there was an area requiring that the research-practice gap be bridged, surely it occurs where thanatologists engage with people dealing with human mortality…

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2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-98945-9 (Routledge)

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Existential and Spiritual Issues in Death Attitudes

Edited by Adrian Tomer, Grafton T. Eliason, Paul T.P. Wong

Existential and Spiritual Issues in Death Attitudes provides: an in-depth examination of death attitudes, existentialism, and spirituality and their relationships; a review of the major…

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2007 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-5272-1 (Psychology Press)

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Creative Interventions in Grief and Loss Therapy

When the Music Stops, a Dream Dies

Edited by Thelma Duffey

Get the tools to help the grief that comes when a dream dies

Every person at one time or another suffers when his or…

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2007 | Paperback: 978-0-7890-3554-7 (Routledge)

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Cultural Diversity and Suicide

Ethnic, Religious, Gender, and Sexual Orientation Perspectives

By Terry S. Trepper, Mark M. Leach

This book adds a vital and overlooked dimension—diversity—to suicide assessments and interventions


The literature on the relationship between culture and suicide has…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-7890-3019-1 (Routledge)

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Communicating at the End of Life

Finding Magic in the Mundane

By Elissa Foster

This enlightening volume provides first-hand perspectives and ethnographic research on communication at the end of life, a topic that has gone largely understudied in communication…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-5567-8 (Routledge)

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Violent Death

Resilience and Intervention Beyond the Crisis

Edited by Edward K. Rynearson

This book pulls together a definitive collection of work on the theory and practice of clinical, spiritual, and emotional support after the experience of violent…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-95323-8 (Routledge)

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Widow to Widow

How the Bereaved Help One Another

By Phyllis R. Silverman

Widow to Widow shares the experiences of widows who have found comfort and continuity in mutual-help and community support programs. In the second edition of…

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2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-94749-7 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Hospice and Palliative Care: The Essential Guide
By Stephen R. Connor
To be published April 8th 2009

Grief, Loss and and Bereavement Care: An evidence based approach for health and social care
By Peter Wimpenny
To be published July 1st 2009

Clinical Implications of Family Meaning-Making in Bereavement
By Janice Winchester Nadeau
To be published August 1st 2009

The Shame of Death
Edited by Jeffrey Kauffman
To be published November 1st 2009

Bereavement: Studies of Grief in Adult Life, Fourth Edition
By Colin Murray Parkes, Holly Prigerson
To be published December 1st 2009