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    Lessons in loss and living : hope and guidance for confronting serious illness and grief / Michele A. Reiss.

    • Title:Lessons in loss and living : hope and guidance for confronting serious illness and grief / Michele A. Reiss.
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    • Author/Creator:Reiss, Michele.
    • Published/Created:New York : Hyperion, ©2010.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Death--Psychological aspects.
      Sick--Psychological aspects.
      Grief.
      Loss (Psychology)
    • Medical Subjects: Death
      Attitude to Death
      Bereavement
      Illness Behavior
      Grief
    • Edition:1st ed.
    • Description:xv, 215 pages ; 22 cm.
    • Summary:Psychotherapist Dr. Michele Reiss specializes in helping clients cope with life-threatening illnesses and helping their families through the grieving process. She counseled Randy Pausch, author of The Last Lecture, and his wife, Jai, as Randy was dying of pancreatic cancer. Here, Dr. Reiss provides comfort and counsel for readers who are coping with the challenges of serious illness or grief. Through real-life examples of people who have dealt with cancer and other illnesses, she has given us a book about hope and the art of living and loving well, despite significant adversity. Dr. Reiss also reminds us that it should not take a life-threatening illness, or loss, or trauma to awaken us to living each day with joy, blessings, passion, and purpose.--From publisher description.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-208).
    • ISBN:9781401323660
    • Contents:Foreword / Jai Pausch
      I. Serious illness: Issues & opportunities. Bad news
      Unfinished business
      In technicolor
      Generosity
      Hope and faith
      Acceptance
      II. Loss & grief: A family perspective. Grief
      Families
      Grieving children
      Grieving adolescents
      III. Special challenges. Sudden, unexpected losses
      The loss of a child
      A caregiver's grief
      IV. Lessons in coping for patients, families, and good friends. Survivors
      Good thoughts
      Bearing witness.
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