Loss and bereavement
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Loss and bereavement
(Health psychology)
Open University Press, 1999
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [116]-128) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
How have people sought to understand loss and bereavement?
What are the current theoretical approaches to loss and bereavement?
What are the implications of these approaches for interventions?
This book aims to provide students with an understanding of important theoretical perspectives and specific models of adaptation to loss. It is assumed that loss and change are normal processes which occur within a social and cultural context, and the reader is introduced to historical and cultural perspectives which illustrate the diversity of approaches to loss. Major theoretical perspectives are explored to enable students to understand their origins and influence. The authors go on to review the development of common models used to conceptualise individual reactions to loss and provide a critique of these models, highlighting the assumptions that underpin them. Finally, they discuss how these conceptual models have actually been used in clinical and community interventions. This is a comprehensive text describing the variety of approaches available to understand the process of loss and bereavement.
Table of Contents
Series editors' foreword
Introduction
Loss in society
The impact of loss
stress and coping
Theoretical perspectives on the family
Theoretical perspectives
life span development
The development of models of adaptation to loss
The application of models of loss in clinical and community settings
References
Index.
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