Synopses & Reviews
Published in cooperation with The Open University Death, Dying, and Bereavement is an invaluable resource designed for the growing numbers of people who are involved with the support of dying or bereaved people. Addressing their metaphysical and more pragmatic concerns, this volume provides an interdisciplinary and multi-professional view of death and covers such issues as new treatments available to relieve pain, guidelines for breaking bad news, and views on euthanasia. Not only will this collection provide a solid grounding on the care of the dying and bereaved, it will also help those involved in the caring role to reflect on the great mystery of death and confront their own fears. Death, Dying, and Bereavement will be essential reading for professionals and students in health and human services, counseling, psychology, and anyone who provides care for the dying or bereaved. . . . this book will undoubtedly find its way onto other academic courses and become a valuable reference text for professionals and lay persons caring for the dying and the bereaved. . . .One of its major strengths is that it brings together a wide and varied discourse on death across cultures and through time. --British Journal of Sociology This book is fascinating. . . . Contains a range of disciplines and voices and styles. . . . This book, particularly the personal accounts given by persons of various ages, reminds us of the power of death at whatever age in defining the human condition. --Ageing & Society The book is easy to read and refer to; it can be read in sections and made me think of issues about bereavement that I hadn't considered. It has poems and personal accounts of grief which reminded methat bereavement is not just a topic to be learned about but a personal life event that touches us all. --Nursing Standard This book offers a unique collection of factual information, research, stories, poems, and personal reflections. . . . doctors, nurses, social workers and counselors will all find it a useful source of reference. --Nursing Times Death, Dying, and Bereavement combines reflections, personal and professional, with academic research to produce a volume unusual in its breadth and depth. . . . A highly unusual and moving volume. --Christian Sociological Society Newsletter This book provides a richly woven tapestry of personal, professional and literary accounts of death, dying and bereavement. --Health Psychology Update This is] a wide text serving the needs of established practitioners in addition to the many students concerned with palliative care. . . . The book is clearly written for a multidisciplinary studentship. It brings together the knowledge and skills from a multi-occupational group and thereby offers an opportunity, to whoever reads it, to enable better experiences for those who are dying and bereaved. --Journal of Interprofessional Care
Synopsis
The book does give a broad overview of many of the issues around death, dying and bereavement. It raises the reader's awareness and encourages deeper investigation at every level. It is easy to read and therefore accessible to a wide audience. In all it is a very useful addition to the literature' - Changes
A fine course reader for the Open University course on Death and Dying. It is a collection of articles from every perspective' - Social Innovations
Provides a richly woven tapestry of personal, professional and literary accounts of death, dying and bereavement' - Health Psychology Update
Easy to read and refer to; it can be read in sections and made me