Young People, Bereavement and Loss: Disruptive Transitions? - Softcover

Ribbens McCarthy, Jane Ribbens; Jessop, Julie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904787452 ISBN 13: 9781904787457

Publisher: National Children's Bureau, 2005

Synopsis

This book examines what we know about young people, bereavement and loss. It includes case studies and other evidence of how young people discuss their experiences of bereavement; the theoretical history of research into bereavement and young people; the evidence of bereavement as a 'risk factor' in the lives of young people; the social and cultural contexts of bereavement, and approaches to education and intervention. It considers the implications for policy-makers and practitioners developing best procedures and practice for working with bereaved young people.

This book will help those involved with working with young people - across the broad range of mainstream as well as specialist services - to respond imaginatively and rigorously to this issue in young people's lives.

About this title

Book Description

This book reviews what we know about young people and bereavement. It asserts that experiencing bereavement is in fact a part of growing up and outlines how to respond appropriately when supporting young people.

From the Author

Dr Jane Ribbens McCarthy is a Reader in Family Studies in the Faculty of Social Policy at the Open University. She has long-standing interests in family sociology, particularly around parent-child relationships and her research has included, among other things, mothers and their children, parenting and step-parenting, and the family lives of young people aged 16-18, and in recent years this has included relationships at the end of life. She has published extensively on these areas.

About this edition

• Publisher: National Children's Bureau
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1904787452
• ISBN 13: 9781904787457
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96