Palliative
Care Book of the Month
WORKING WITH LOSS, DEATH AND BEREAVEMENT
A Guide
for Social Workers
Jeremy Weinstein
Sage Publications, 2008
192 pp
ISBN 978-1-4129-2391-0
RRP £20.99, $US 42.95, $AU 58.95
Review copy supplied by Footprint Books www.footprint.com.au
This book makes you think. It covers the usual material—definitions
and assessments of loss, psychological aspects of loss and
grief, and the skills, methods and theories of working with
individuals and groups—but it does so in a reflective manner.
The text is enhanced with exercises, points for practice,
case scenarios, and recommendations for further reading. There
is a chapter on evidence, which discusses research mindedness,
taking a step back to reflect on the validity of the assumptions
that we carry with us and which underpin our day-to-day work.
The last chapter deals with self-care, how we can deal with
the personal, professional and organisational anxieties and
other issues that arise in end-of-life work. Although written
by a social worker for social workers, reading this book would
be of value to any of the health care professionals in the
palliative care team, both challenging and empowering them
to reflect on what it is that we do.
Roger Woodruff
(September 2009)
Book review
COUNSELLING FOR GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT
Second Edition
Geraldine M. Humphrey and David G. Zimpfer
Sage Publications, 2008
178 pp
ISBN 978-1-4129-3566-1
RRP $US 42.95, £20.99, $AU 62.00
Review copy supplied by Footprint Books www.footprint.com.au
This book is designed to be a resource for health care professionals
for use in programs and services that address the issues of
those who are both anticipating and subsequently coping with
loss and grief. There are chapters on assessment strategies,
counselling, family grief, group counselling and grief in
children. The material is offered in a prescriptive manner,
providing the carer with concrete directions, rather than
inviting reflection on theory. The book is intended for a
wider audience that includes clergy, educators and volunteers
in addition to health care professionals. I thought the book
might be a bit too technical for lay helpers although definitely
useful to any health care professional from the palliative
care team.
Roger Woodruff, Australia
(September 2009)
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