Living with Grief: Before and After the Death [Paperback]

Kenneth J. Doka (Author, Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 22, 2007 | ISBN-10: 189334908X | ISBN-13: 978-1893349087 | Edition: 1st

Living with Grief: Before and After the Death is an investigation of the most current theoretical perspectives on grief and bereavement. Featuring 18 articles, personal essays, and further resources, Before and After the Death is a helpful guide for those who grieve as well as those who care for the grieving. Topics discussed include: anticipatory grief, complicated grief, reminiscence and meaning making, mutual support groups, grieving children, and professional self-care.

Editorial Reviews

Review

This book is filled with excellent chapters that bring us up to date with the most current information on both pre-death and post-death interventions. These experts tell us what we currently know and point us in the direction of what we still need to investigate. Read these chapters carefully but in the final analysis, always use your own experiences of loss as a touchstone for what is true. --Dr. J. William Worden, Harvard Medical School (From the Foreword)

About the Author

Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, is a Professor of Gerontology at the Graduate School of the College of New Rochelle. He is a senior consultant to Hospice Foundation of America and has written or edited 17 books as well as 60 articles and book chapters. He is editor of Omega, a professional journal, and Journeys, a monthly bereavement newsletter. Dr. Doka has served on the Board of the International Work Group on Dying, Death, and Bereavement. He has also served as President of the Association for Death Education and Counseling. He is an ordained Lutheran minister.

Product Details

• Paperback: 365 pages
• Publisher: Hospice Foundation of America; 1st edition (March 22, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 189334908X
• ISBN-13: 978-1893349087
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,066,631 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A thoughtful, repository of distilled insights from experts in the field., June 9, 2007

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This review is from: Living with Grief: Before and After the Death (Paperback)

The Hospice Foundation of America presents Living with Grief: Before and After Death, an anthology of 18 articles, essays and resources by learned authors addressing a broad set of topics pertaining to grief and loss. Penned with an eye toward educating professionals in the latest understanding of how to help people in need, essays range from discussing how to support families during the process of death to cross-cultural studies of grief, working with children and adolescents, helping built on personal experience, and much more. A thoughtful, repository of distilled insights from experts in the field.