BRIEF INTERVENTIONS WITH BEREAVED CHILDREN
Barbara Monroe and Frances Krause (Eds)
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Oxford University Press 2005
245pp
ISBN 0-19-852909-0
RRP $US48.50, £24.95
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However much we desire to protect children, death and loss are part of life, and dealing with bereaved children is part of palliative care. In her foreword, Dr. Grace Christ says “What makes this book so valuable is that Barbara Monroe and her colleagues have brought together the very latest in individual, group, and community approaches, thoroughly informed by the cutting edge of practice and research in this gradually emerging area of children’s bereavement. Most impressive in this book is the broad range of interventions and special techniques described for work with bereaved children. The use of the internet, telephone and newer technologies, children’s activity groups, volunteer programs, and self-help groups for caregivers are all vital components of an effective program.” I don’t think I can describe it better.
Reading this book brought back memories that I do not cherish from a long time ago, but my spirit was lightened reading about the enormous and continuing advances made in the management of bereaved children that have occurred since that time. One cannot but admire the inventiveness of some of the interventions described, and the enthusiasm is infectious. I thought the exploration of brief family interventions before bereavement was particularly interesting. Anyone who has anything to do with bereaved children should read this book.
Strongly recommended.
Roger Woodruff,
Director, Palliative Care, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
(February 2005)
Author Information
Barbara Monroe is Chief Executive, St. Christopher’s Hospice, London, UK
Frances Krause is the Candle Project Leader, St. Christoper’s Hospice, London, UK
Table of Contents
Introduction;
Barbara Monroe
Work with bereaved children - context & need
Sarah Willis
Theoretical perspectives: linking research and practice
Ann Dent
Family assessment
Julie Stokes
The family perspective in bereavement
Peta Hemmings
Therapeutic interventions
Patsy Way & Isobel Bremner
One off or once a term - the importance of a group
Frances Kraus
Shrinking the space between people
Di Stubbs
The extended warranty
Frances Kraus
Swampy ground: brief interventions with a family before bereavement
Gillian Chowns
Working with volunteers to provide bereavement support to children
Christine Pentland
Loss and grief in school communities
Louise Rowling
Brief interventions in critical care environments
Peter Speck
Working with traumatically bereaved children
William Yule
Helping the family following suicide
Kari Dyregrov and Atle Dyregrov
Family liaison: when once has to be enough
Julie Ellison
Crossing the great barrier grief: a self help group for parents & carers
Stewart Sinclair
Index
