Death & Bereavement Books

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1. Grief, Loss and Bereavement Care: An Evidence-Informed Approach for Health and Social Care Practitioners

   Edited by Peter Wimpenny, John Costello

   Bereavement is a challenging area for everyone, including health and social care practitioners who are often well placed to offer help and support to the bereaved. This invaluable text draws together a comprehensive evidence-base for supporting grieving people from a wide range of research, and...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-46751-3 | Paperback (Routledge)

2. When Parents Die: Learning to Live with the Loss of a Parent, 3rd Edition

   By Rebecca Abrams

   The death of a parent marks an emotional and psychological watershed in a person's life. For children and teenagers, the loss of a parent if not handled sensitively can be a lasting trauma, and for adults too, a parent's death can be a tremendous blow. When Parents Die speaks to bereaved children...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-59012-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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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 our common understanding of bereavement. The five stages were first identified by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her work with dying patients...

   2008 | 978-0-415-46399-7 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Bereavement Narratives: Continuing bonds in the twenty-first 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 not always the best or only way to help the bereaved. In a radical departure, it emphasises normality and social and...

   2008 | 978-0-415-45730-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Loss and Bereavement in Childbearing

   By Rosemary Mander

   This new edition of a groundbreaking work reflects important developments in the general understanding of, and research into, loss and death. Providing a wealth of information for both experienced and inexperienced midwives, the book covers topics including: perinatal and...

   2005 | 978-0-415-35411-0 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Handling Death and Bereavement at Work

   By David Charles-Edwards

   An estimated 3,500 people die every day in the UK. If someone at work or their partner or close family member dies, managers and colleagues need to respond appropriately. This book breaks new ground in placing bereavement on the management agenda. It addresses some challenging questions such as:...

   2005 | 978-0-415-34725-9 | Paperback (Routledge)

7. Durkheim's Suicide: A Century of Research and Debate

   Edited by W.S.F. Pickering, Geoffrey Walford

   Durkeim's book on suicide, first published in 1897, is widely regarded as a classic text, and is essential reading for any student of Durkheim's thought and sociological method. This book examines the continuing importance of Durkheim's methodology. The wide-ranging chapters cover such issues as...

   2000 | 978-0-415-20582-5 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Mourning Diana: Nation, Culture and the Performance of Grief

   Edited by Adrian Kear, Deborah Lynn Steinberg

   The death of Diana, Princess of Wales, on September 1 1997, prompted public demonstrations of grief on an almost unprecented global scale. But, while global media coverage of the events following her death appeared to create an international 'community of mourning', popular reacions in fact...

   1999 | 978-0-415-19393-1 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   When Parents Die: Learning to Live with the Loss of a Parent, 2nd Edition

   By Rebecca Abrams

   This new edition of When Parents Die will speak to bereaved children of all ages in a very accessible style. Rebecca Abrams draws on both her personal and professional understanding of parental loss to provide the reader with a compassionate and insightful exploration of the experience of losing a...

   1999 | 978-0-415-20066-0 | Paperback (Routledge)