1st Edition

Remembering Lives Conversations with the Dying and the Bereaved

By Lorraine Hedtke, John Winslade Copyright 2004
152 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages
by Routledge

Grief is frequently thought of as an ordeal we must simply survive. This book offers a fresh approach to the negotiation of death and grief. It is founded in principles of constructive conversation that focus on "remembering" lives, in contrast to processes of forgetting or dismembering those who have died. Re-membering is about a comforting, life enhancing, and sustaining approach to death that... Read more

Chapter One Why Remember?

 

Chapter Two Death and Grief in the Modern World

 

Chapter Three Constructing Death

 

Chapter Four Death Doesn’t Mean Saying Goodbye

 

Chapter Five Who Will Carry My Stories?

 

Chapter Six How Can We Stay Close?

 

Chapter Seven Keeping a Plate Set for Grandma

 

Chapter Eight Narratives or Spirituality

 

Chapter Nine Troubling Memories

 

Chapter Ten The Beginning

References

Index

Biography

Lorraine Hedtke, John Winslade