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• Title:Sudden death in childhood : support for the bereaved family / Ann Dent, Alison Stewart ; forewords by Gordon Riches, Jean Simons.
  
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• Author/Creator:Dent, Ann.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Stewart, Alison.
  
• Published/Created:Edinburgh ; New York : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004.
  

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  • Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: BF575.G7 D4 2004
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

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  • Call Number: WY87 .D467 2004
    
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  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Sudden death in children--Psychological aspects.
  Children--Death--Psychological aspects.
  Bereavement--Psychological aspects.
  Family counseling.
  
• Medical Subjects: Bereavement.
  Counseling--methods.
  Death, Sudden--Adolescent.
  Death, Sudden--Child.
  Family Nursing--methods.
  Midwifery--methods.
  
• Description:xxxi, 234 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
  
• Summary:The death of a child is an extremely sensitive issue -- one that requires nurses and other health professionals to be confident in helping families cope with loss and bereavement. This text provides techniques and skills for supporting family members, listening, and offering appropriate assistance.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0750656468
  
• Contents:Sect. 1. Contexts and Perspectives of Bereavement
  1. Family life: change and loss
  2. Perspectives on grieving
  Sect. 2. Family Members' Experiences, Perceptions and Meanings of Bereavement
  3. Family bereavement: learning from parents
  4. Family bereavement: the experience of surviving children
  5. Family bereavement: the experience of grandparents
  Sect. 3. Professional Practice and Care of Bereaved Families
  6. Working in professional practice with bereaved families
  7. Supporting bereaved families at the time of death
  8. Supporting bereaved families over time
  9. Stress and loss: resources for health professionals
  App. 1. National organisations to help bereaved parents
  App. 2. National organisations for bereaved children
  App. 3. Websites on bereavement
  App. 4. Resources for bereaved children and their parents
  App. 5. Books for bereaved parents and grandparents
  App. 6. Books for bereaved children and young people
  App. 7. Helping parents support their surviving children
  App. 8. Resources for health professionals working with children and families
  App. 9. Taking photographs
  App. 10. Planning a funeral
  App. 11. bereavement assessment tool
  App. 12. Complexities of grief
  App. 13. Setting up a support group for professionals.