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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.
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.
About the author
Sheila Payne is a health psychologist with a background in nursing. She is Reader in Health Research and Director of the Health Research Unit at the University of Southampton, a multidisciplinary group undertaking research in health and social care. Her main research interests include psychological aspects of palliative care, bereavement, and elderly care.
Sandra Horn is Director of the MSc in Health Psychology at the University of Southampton. She has a long interest in bereavement and its associations with health, and has previously written a book on coping with bereavement for the lay public.
Marilyn Relf is Bereavement Service Manager of Sir Michael Sobell House Bereavement Service. She has worked in palliative care for 17 years and her experience spans the development, co-ordination and evaluation of volunteer bereavement services. She is President of the Bereavement Research Forum and has previously co-written a book on counselling terminally ill and bereaved people aimed at health care workers.
Sandra Horn is Director of the MSc in Health Psychology at the University of Southampton. She has a long interest in bereavement and its associations with health, and has previously written a book on coping with bereavement for the lay public.
Marilyn Relf is Bereavement Service Manager of Sir Michael Sobell House Bereavement Service. She has worked in palliative care for 17 years and her experience spans the development, co-ordination and evaluation of volunteer bereavement services. She is President of the Bereavement Research Forum and has previously co-written a book on counselling terminally ill and bereaved people aimed at health care workers.
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