Coping with Bereavement
Language: English
Published by Oneworld Publications, 1998
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Using a combination of personal experience and practical advice, the author has produced an empathetic guide to all aspects of bereavement. McIlwraith does not tell readers how or what to think or do but, showing how to accept the death and rebuild a shattered life, guides them through the grieving process.
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- Title
- Coping with Bereavement
- Author
- Hamish Mcilwraith
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Publication year
- 1998
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1851681531
- ISBN 13
- 9781851681532
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From the Author
Death is inevitable, but when someone we love dies, we are often not fully prepared for the trauma and grief that follows. Combining practical advice and an empathy born of his own experience, author Hamish McIlwraith describes the grieving process and discusses how best to cope with the range of emotions bereavement can produce, how to deal with practical issues, and finally how to adapt to life without your loved one.
'Coping with Bereavement' describes the physical and emotional trauma of death and offers practical help and advice so that people can rebuild their shattered lives. It is divided into sections. The first deals with the stress and anguish immediately following a death. Next, broad categories of bereavement are outlined. These include foetal and neo-natal death, the loss of a child, death in middle and old age, terminal illness, and death through suicide. Special sections are devoted to sibling death and issues of unresolved grief.
Advice is given on how to cope with the extreme confusion of the first week, and the legal and medical procedures that must be followed in Australia, Britain, New Zealand and North America. Practical problems such as changing the names on official documents at banks and government agencies, registering the death, arranging the funeral, and dealing with letters of condolence are dealt with in this section.
The final section offers advice on how to rebuild your life. It is presented through a series of life skills including decision-making, health, relaxation, and ways to 'rejoin' society.
'Coping with Bereavement' has a comprehensive resources section for Australia, Britain, Canada, and the United States, and includes information on texts for the general and professional reader as well as details of relevant support groups and websites.
I wrote 'Coping with Bereavement' after the sudden death of my wife, Shirin, in 1995. I wanted to write a book that would offer help to others who have been bereaved. I hope you find it useful.
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