Coping With Bereavement

By Hamish McIIwraith and Hamish McIlwraith

This guide combines practical advice with emotional and spiritual support to offer a comprehensive framework for the rebuilding of a shattered life. Drawing on his own experience, Hamish McIlwraith... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1851682864
• ISBN13: 9781851682867
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Oneworld Pubns Ltd
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"

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Synopsis This guide combines practical advice with emotional and spiritual support to offer a comprehensive framework for the rebuilding of a shattered life. Drawing on his own experience, Hamish McIlwraith describes the grieving process, and covers the practical issues of bureaucracy and funerals, while offering strategies to help the bereaved nurture their own sense of self worth, and develop positive relationships. Outline Coping with Bereavement describes the physical and emotional trauma of death. It starts by explaining the stress and anguish immediately following a death. It then describes broad categories of grief including foetal and neo-natal death, the loss of a child, death in middle and old age, terminal illness, and death through suicide. Special sections are devoted to sibling death and issues of unresolved grief. A second section looks at obligatory legal, medical and administrative procedures including practical issues presenting official papers in financial and government agencies, organising funerals, and dealing with letters of condolence. The final section recommends a programme of life skills including decision-making, health and relaxation skills. Coping with Bereavement has a comprehensive worldwide resources section with texts for general & professional readers, and contact details of relevant support groups and websites. I wrote this book after the sudden death of my wife, Shirin Carter, in 1995. I hope you find it useful