Author : Therese A. Rando
Publisher : Research Press (IL)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Clinical Dimensions of Anticipatory Mourning by : Therese A. Rando
Download or read book Clinical Dimensions of Anticipatory Mourning written by Therese A. Rando and published by Research Press (IL). This book was released on 2000 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Therese Rando is joined by 17 contributing authors to present the most comprehensive resource available on the perspectives, issues, interventions, and changing views associated with anticipatory mourning. Content Highlights Introduction Part I Knowledge and Theory -- A Review and Critique of the Literature; The Six Dimensions of Anticipatory Mourning; Re-Creating Meaning in the Face of Illness; The Transition to Loving in Absence; The Transition of Fading Away; On the Experience of Traumatic Stress; Coping with Dying: Similarities, Differences, and Suggested Guidelines for Helpers; Denial and the Limits of Anticipatory Mourning; Towards an Appropriate Death Part II Anticipatory Mourning from Different Perspectives -- Grief in Dying Persons; Promoting Healthy Anticipatory Mourning in Intimates of the Life-Threatened or Dying Person; Challenges for Professional and Volunteer Caregivers Part III Specific and Applied Cases -- Anticipatory Mourning and Prenatal Diagnosis; Dealing with Chronic/Terminal Illness or Disability of a Child; Anticipatory Mourning in HIV/ AIDS; Mourning Psychosocial Loss: Alzheimers, ALS, and Irreversible Coma; Advance Directives; Organ Donation; The Human-Animal Bond