Pet Loss and Human Bereavement [Paperback]

William Kay (Editor), Herbert Nieburg (Editor), Austin Kutscher (Editor), Ross Grey (Editor), Carole Fudin (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 16, 1991 | ISBN-10: 0813813271 | ISBN-13: 978-0813813271

Describes the grieving process that occurs when people lose pets and suggests ways of helping individuals to cope.

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Pet Loss and Human Bereavement deals with the human/companion animal relationship and what happens when that bond is broken. The contributors to the book acknowledge the significance o the relationship and the grief involved when a pet dies or is terminally ill. The contributors' approach covers multidisciplinary care that can be given by veterinarians, psychiatrists, social workers, philosopher-ethicists, and others.

Topics include guidance for dealing with owners of terminally ill or recently deceased animals; the rights of animals to humane treatment; and the right of owners to find acceptance of their bereavement, respect for their emotional ties to their pets, and positive resolution of their grief.

Product Details

• Paperback: 198 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (January 16, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813813271
• ISBN-13: 978-0813813271
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,063,811 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too Brief, Unrelated Compendium of Simplistic Articles, December 22, 2006

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Hilary P. (Bear Creek, Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pet Loss and Human Bereavement (Paperback)

I purchased this book impressed by its title, in need of solace for the wound of euthanizing a deeply loved companion/pet. I was stunned by the political nature of the author-editor's opening essay, in effect a judgment of euthanasia (a blanket judgment). I came quickly to feel that the intent of this work--if not of the individual articles culled from a variety of sources--was to preach covertly against euthanasia. At any rate, I could not find a unifying theme to the disparate articles, and certainly the title is misleading. Any reader who wants a book to help with bereavement and grief will instead find very brief, clinical discussions of subjects like the difficulty of being a veterinarian; or how emotionally-troubled children react to pet loss.

Highly clinical, confusing, and often superficial work.