Counselling in Terminal Care and Bereavement (Communication and Counselling in Health Care) - Softcover

Parkes, Colin Murray; Relf, Marilyn; Couldrick, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1854331787 ISBN 13: 9781854331786

Publisher: British Psychological Society, 1996

Synopsis

The book covers both caring for the terminally ill and the 'actual' bereavement, thus providing guidance on the whole process of counselling patients and their families. Case studies include examples from cancer, AIDS, suicide , murder and fatal accidents. Problems counsellors may face in their work are discussed and a chapter is devoted to the needs of the counsellor themselves.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr Colin Murray Parkes is President of CRUSE and has worked in the area of dying and bereavement since 1959.
Marilyn Relf is Bereavement Senior Manager at Sir Michael Sobell House, an NHS Hospice.
Ann Couldrick is a counsellor at Sir Michael Sobell House Bereavement Service, UK.

Review:

'All nurses will be familiar with many of the case histories with which the book is well illustrated, many which relate directly to the environment of the practice nurse ... Although the book focuses on the counselling needed by the patient and family at times of death and bereavement many of the principles discussed and the techniques which are used have an enormous value in other circumstances such as following attempted suicide, alcohol abuse, depression, aggression or chronic anxiety. It is in these areas that the book may be of even greater use to the practice nurse.'

Practice Nurse.

' "Thoughtful and practical" is how the publisher describes this book by three authors who have made a massive contribution to the development of contemporary bereavement care. This is a fair assessment. This book is written in a straightforward language, with many case studies which provide practical illustrations of approaches, but it retains a sense of the complexity of human beings and attempts to set any presumptions offered within a framework of recognising diversity.'

Progress in Palliative Care.

About this edition

• Publisher: British Psychological Society
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1854331787
• ISBN 13: 9781854331786
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 205