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Loss and Grief

A Guide for Human Services Practitioners

Editors:

  1. Neil Thompson

    1. University of Liverpool, UK

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  2. Jo Campling
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  • Edited and written by leading authors
    Provides an engaging and fresh exploration of the implications of loss and grief that extends understanding beyond death-related losses
    Interprofessional and international in perspective it marries theory with personal experience and practical implications

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Neil Thompson
      Pages 1-20

  3. Loss in Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. The Philosophy of Hospice

      • Dame Cicely Saunders
      Pages 23-33

    3. Spirituality: A Personal Perspective

      • Bernard Moss
      Pages 34-44

    4. Meaning Reconstruction Theory

      • Robert A. Neimeyer, Adam Anderson
      Pages 45-64

    5. Race and Culture

      • Suki Desai, Denise Bevan
      Pages 65-78

    6. Gender and Sexism

      • Gordon Riches
      Pages 79-92

    7. Poverty and Deprivation

      • Denise Bevan
      Pages 93-107

  4. Arenas of Loss

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. Children and Divorce

      • Brynna Kroll
      Pages 111-124

    3. Adoption and Foster Care

      • Mary Romaine
      Pages 125-138

    4. Disability

      • Bob Sapey
      Pages 139-148

    5. Ill-health

      • Jeanne Katz
      Pages 149-161

    6. Older People

      • Sue Thompson
      Pages 162-173

  5. Working with Loss

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191
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    2. Teaching and Learning About Loss

      • Jeremy Weinstein
      Pages 193-207

    3. A Framework for Working with Loss

      • Margaret Lloyd
      Pages 208-220

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 221-249
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About this book

This edited volume explores the wide range of practice situations across the human services in which issues loss and grief are likely to be important. It also extends understandings of loss and grief beyond death-related losses, encompassing new developments in the theoretical literature. Addressing the social and political dimensions of loss and grief as well as the psychological dimensions, this text brings together contributors from a variety of disciplines, professional background and countries, including such renowned figures as Dame Cicely Saunders and Robert A.Neimeyer.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Liverpool, UK

    Neil Thompson

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About the editors

NEIL THOMPSON is a highly respected writer, teacher and adviser, with over 32 years' experience in the people professions. He has held full or honorary professorships at four UK universities, and is now a sought-after trainer, consultant and conference speaker. He is the editor-in-chief of two online communities (Well-being Zone: www.well-beingzone.com and Social Work Focus: www.socialworkfocus.com). His personal website is at www.neilthompson.info.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Loss and Grief

  • Book Subtitle: A Guide for Human Services Practitioners

  • Editors: Neil Thompson, Jo Campling

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4039-1404-0

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2002

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 249

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Social Work

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