Overview
- 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)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Arenas of Loss
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Front Matter
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Working with Loss
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Back Matter
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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.
Editors and Affiliations
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.
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