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Loss and Bereavement - Managing Change (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,821
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Loss and Bereavement - Managing Change (Paperback): R. Weston

Loss and Bereavement - Managing Change (Paperback)

R. Weston

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Loss and Bereavement: Managing Change "explores situations and topics which can affect any one of us at any time. This a practical guide to help provide support for those experiencing bereavement, loss, transition and change. It provides a framework for understanding specific conflicts and their effects on health. This book encourages the use of range of skills while bringing a critical yet reflective dimension to this caring work. The text considers the work, school, family and social environments. Themes and issues of experiencing loss are considered including bullying, unemployment, violence, sexual crime and anger, the death of a child, mass disaster, and suicide. The final section considers coping mechanisms, such as assertiveness, grieving and posttraumatic stress syndrome.

Key features:
Details practical applications within a theoretical framework
Encourages a range of skill with a reflective dimension
Includes contributes from a range of viewpoints

This book is written for students who are developing their skill for supporting those who are experiencing grief or transition. It is essential reading for students and practitioners in nursing, teaching, medicine, therapies, the police, the ambulance and the first aid organizations, as well as the clergy and voluntary agencies. Course leaders and lecturers will also find a wealth of information to simulate discussion groups.

General

Imprint: Blackwell Science
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: August 1998
First published: October 1998
Authors: R. Weston
Dimensions: 243 x 172 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 978-0-632-04787-1
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Social, group or collective psychology
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > Counselling
Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with death & bereavement
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying > General
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LSN: 0-632-04787-9
Barcode: 9780632047871

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