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• Title:Grave words : notifying survivors about sudden, unexpected deaths / Kenneth V. Iserson.
  
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• Author/Creator:Iserson, Kenneth V.
  
• Published/Created:Tucson, Ariz. : Galen Press, ©1999.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: BF789.D4 I84 1999
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Sudden death--Psychological aspects.
  Counseling.
  Bereavement--Psychological aspects.
  Grief.
  
• Description:xii, 342 pages.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:1883620023 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Introduction: The Problem
  1. Problem
  Sect. 1. Notifications
  2. Communicating With The Living
  3. Protocol For Sudden-Death Notification
  4. "Helping" Phrases: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
  5. Telephone Notification
  6. Survivor Information Forms
  7. Requesting Organ/Tissue Donations and Autopsy Permission
  8. Viewing The Body
  9. Follow Up With Survivors
  10. Acute Grief Reactions
  11. Support Groups
  Sect. 2. Survivors
  12. Telling Parents
  13. Telling Children
  14. Notifying Friends, Lovers Co-Workers, and Students
  15. Notifying Other Incident Survivors
  Sect. 3. Notifiers
  16. Physicians
  17. Emergency Departments, Critical Care, and Trauma
  18. Obstetrics
  19. Police
  20. In Prisons
  21. Medical Examiners and Coroners
  22. Nurses
  23. Chaplains and Clergy
  24. Medics, Firefighters, and Search and Rescue
  25. Military
  26. Disasters: Survivors and Workers
  Sect. 4. Important Information
  27. Survivors' Questions/Some Answers
  28. Dealing With The Media
  29. Learning More/Educating Others.