Living With Grief: Before and After the Death - Softcover

Doka, Kenneth J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 189334908X ISBN 13: 9781893349087

Publisher: Hospice Foundation of America, 2007

Synopsis

Living with Grief: Before and After the Death is an investigation of the most current theoretical perspectives on grief and bereavement. Featuring 18 articles, personal essays, and further resources, Before and After the Death is a helpful guide for those who grieve as well as those who care for the grieving. Topics discussed include: anticipatory grief, complicated grief, reminiscence and meaning making, mutual support groups, grieving children, and professional self-care.

About this title

About the Author:

Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, is a Professor of Gerontology at the Graduate School of the College of New Rochelle. He is a senior consultant to Hospice Foundation of America and has written or edited 17 books as well as 60 articles and book chapters. He is editor of Omega, a professional journal, and Journeys, a monthly bereavement newsletter. Dr. Doka has served on the Board of the International Work Group on Dying, Death, and Bereavement. He has also served as President of the Association for Death Education and Counseling. He is an ordained Lutheran minister.

Review:

This book is filled with excellent chapters that bring us up to date with the most current information on both pre-death and post-death interventions. These experts tell us what we currently know and point us in the direction of what we still need to investigate. Read these chapters carefully but in the final analysis, always use your own experiences of loss as a touchstone for what is true. --Dr. J. William Worden, Harvard Medical School (From the Foreword)

About this edition

• Publisher: Hospice Foundation of America
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 189334908X
• ISBN 13: 9781893349087
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 365