Christopher M Moreman
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195335224
- eISBN:
- 9780199868810
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195335224.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
The academic study of death rose to prominence during the 1960s. Courses on some aspect of death and dying can now be found at most institutions of higher learning. However, these courses tend to ...
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The academic study of death rose to prominence during the 1960s. Courses on some aspect of death and dying can now be found at most institutions of higher learning. However, these courses tend to stress the psycho-social aspects of grief and bereavement, ignoring the religious elements inherent to the subject. This book addresses the teaching of courses on death and dying from a religious studies perspective. The book is divided into seven sections. The hope is that this book will help to unify a field that is now widely scattered across several disciplines.Less
The academic study of death rose to prominence during the 1960s. Courses on some aspect of death and dying can now be found at most institutions of higher learning. However, these courses tend to stress the psycho-social aspects of grief and bereavement, ignoring the religious elements inherent to the subject. This book addresses the teaching of courses on death and dying from a religious studies perspective. The book is divided into seven sections. The hope is that this book will help to unify a field that is now widely scattered across several disciplines.
Barbara Monroe and Frances Kraus (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199561643
- eISBN:
- 9780191730313
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199561643.001.0001
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Paediatric Palliative Medicine, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making
Recent years have seen increasing interest in the needs of children facing bereavement, and a corresponding increase in services to support them. This book addresses and explains the theoretical ...
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Recent years have seen increasing interest in the needs of children facing bereavement, and a corresponding increase in services to support them. This book addresses and explains the theoretical concepts and practical implications behind the idea of brief work with bereaved children and families. Flexible and accessible short-term services delivered at the right time underpin the strengths of bereaved children, supporting their recovery rather than pathologizing the grief process. In this way the book also speaks to the current interest in the concept of resilience and working with families' strengths and possibilities, rather than merely identifying their problems. This second edition of the text within the growing field of childhood bereavement contains new chapters that discuss managing situations with learning disability, supporting very young children and emotional literacy. The book also presents cases from the service user's perspective. It looks at different approaches to intervention, such as the importance of assessment and the value of group work, and also covers work with children and families before a death. The editors have more than twenty-five years experience as practitioners within the field, as service providers and educators. The book features chapters from contributors with backgrounds in healthcare, education, social work, and the police, alongside theoretical and practice-based chapters from workers in the field of bereavement care for children.Less
Recent years have seen increasing interest in the needs of children facing bereavement, and a corresponding increase in services to support them. This book addresses and explains the theoretical concepts and practical implications behind the idea of brief work with bereaved children and families. Flexible and accessible short-term services delivered at the right time underpin the strengths of bereaved children, supporting their recovery rather than pathologizing the grief process. In this way the book also speaks to the current interest in the concept of resilience and working with families' strengths and possibilities, rather than merely identifying their problems. This second edition of the text within the growing field of childhood bereavement contains new chapters that discuss managing situations with learning disability, supporting very young children and emotional literacy. The book also presents cases from the service user's perspective. It looks at different approaches to intervention, such as the importance of assessment and the value of group work, and also covers work with children and families before a death. The editors have more than twenty-five years experience as practitioners within the field, as service providers and educators. The book features chapters from contributors with backgrounds in healthcare, education, social work, and the police, alongside theoretical and practice-based chapters from workers in the field of bereavement care for children.
Ann Armstrong-Dailey and Sarah Zarbock (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195340709
- eISBN:
- 9780199999927
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195340709.003.0001
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Paediatric Palliative Medicine, Pain Management and Palliative Pharmacology
This introductory chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about pediatric hospice care. The book provides specific information about providing for terminally ill children, including ...
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This introductory chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about pediatric hospice care. The book provides specific information about providing for terminally ill children, including children's age-related understanding of death, the critical elements of pain and symptom control, and the psychosocial aspects of life-threatening illnesses in childhood and adolescence. It addresses the spiritual concerns of the family and sibling bereavement and describes inpatient palliative care practiced at St. Mary's Hospital for Children. The chapter also discusses the Children's Hospice International's (CHI) Program for All-Inclusive Care for Children and their Families (CHI PACC).Less
This introductory chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about pediatric hospice care. The book provides specific information about providing for terminally ill children, including children's age-related understanding of death, the critical elements of pain and symptom control, and the psychosocial aspects of life-threatening illnesses in childhood and adolescence. It addresses the spiritual concerns of the family and sibling bereavement and describes inpatient palliative care practiced at St. Mary's Hospital for Children. The chapter also discusses the Children's Hospice International's (CHI) Program for All-Inclusive Care for Children and their Families (CHI PACC).
Barbara Monroe and David Oliviere (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198515814
- eISBN:
- 9780191730498
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198515814.001.0001
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making, Palliative Medicine Research
Patient participation and user involvement are central to current thinking about the effective delivery of desired healthcare outcomes. Working with the person who lies behind every patient is core ...
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Patient participation and user involvement are central to current thinking about the effective delivery of desired healthcare outcomes. Working with the person who lies behind every patient is core to palliative care. A voice can only become significant when it is listened to and acted upon. With palliative care increasingly addressing the needs of people with a variety of conditions in a range of settings, as well as with advances in research, technology, and information, the challenge to be ‘a voice for the voiceless’ is greater than ever. This book addresses key aspects in the provision of patient-centered palliative care and tracks significant developments in user involvement. It sets the philosophy within the cultural, social, and political context of modern healthcare, particularly addressing issues of quality, standards, education, and bereavement. A key component in the delivery of high-quality palliative care is the multi-professional team. Following a discussion of teamwork, five core professions present a critical analysis of their working practices. The book concludes with a commentary from a palliative care user and a bereaved carer. It is often somewhat glibly asserted that the patient is, or should be, at the centre of care. There have been few attempts to examine how to keep him or her there without professional needs and protocols crowding him or her out. This book asks how we listen and why we listen, and focuses on the challenges of how professionals can keep the needs of the patient central in clinical care.Less
Patient participation and user involvement are central to current thinking about the effective delivery of desired healthcare outcomes. Working with the person who lies behind every patient is core to palliative care. A voice can only become significant when it is listened to and acted upon. With palliative care increasingly addressing the needs of people with a variety of conditions in a range of settings, as well as with advances in research, technology, and information, the challenge to be ‘a voice for the voiceless’ is greater than ever. This book addresses key aspects in the provision of patient-centered palliative care and tracks significant developments in user involvement. It sets the philosophy within the cultural, social, and political context of modern healthcare, particularly addressing issues of quality, standards, education, and bereavement. A key component in the delivery of high-quality palliative care is the multi-professional team. Following a discussion of teamwork, five core professions present a critical analysis of their working practices. The book concludes with a commentary from a palliative care user and a bereaved carer. It is often somewhat glibly asserted that the patient is, or should be, at the centre of care. There have been few attempts to examine how to keep him or her there without professional needs and protocols crowding him or her out. This book asks how we listen and why we listen, and focuses on the challenges of how professionals can keep the needs of the patient central in clinical care.
Estelle Hopmeyer
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195335224
- eISBN:
- 9780199868810
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195335224.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter describes a graduate level course on life-threatening illness, loss, and bereavement taught at the McGill University School of Social Work. It presents current goals, content, format, ...
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This chapter describes a graduate level course on life-threatening illness, loss, and bereavement taught at the McGill University School of Social Work. It presents current goals, content, format, and assignments. It also addresses strategies utilized to assist students in processing and integrating this powerful practice material. In this course students must challenge themselves both as emerging professionals wanting to become skillful in working with individuals and their families, and personally as they are required to face issues related to their own loss history and mortality. Unlike many chapters in the book, this one presents many examples of clinical practice related to death and dying and non-bereavement loss. Examples of specific areas addressed are the impact of culture, sudden stigmatized death (suicide), disenfranchised grief, and psycho-social loss.Less
This chapter describes a graduate level course on life-threatening illness, loss, and bereavement taught at the McGill University School of Social Work. It presents current goals, content, format, and assignments. It also addresses strategies utilized to assist students in processing and integrating this powerful practice material. In this course students must challenge themselves both as emerging professionals wanting to become skillful in working with individuals and their families, and personally as they are required to face issues related to their own loss history and mortality. Unlike many chapters in the book, this one presents many examples of clinical practice related to death and dying and non-bereavement loss. Examples of specific areas addressed are the impact of culture, sudden stigmatized death (suicide), disenfranchised grief, and psycho-social loss.
Christopher M. Moreman
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195335224
- eISBN:
- 9780199868810
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195335224.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter introduces the subject of teaching courses on death and dying from a religious studies perspective. It outlines the structure of the book and introduces the chapters which follow.
This chapter introduces the subject of teaching courses on death and dying from a religious studies perspective. It outlines the structure of the book and introduces the chapters which follow.
Lucy Noakes
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- September 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780719087592
- eISBN:
- 9781526152015
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7765/9781526135650
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This book places death squarely at the centre of war. Focused on Second World War Britain, it draws on a range of public and private sources to explore the ways that British people experienced death, ...
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This book places death squarely at the centre of war. Focused on Second World War Britain, it draws on a range of public and private sources to explore the ways that British people experienced death, grief and bereavement in wartime. It examines the development of the emotional economy within which these experiences took place; the role of the British state in planning for wartime death and managing and memorialising those who died, and the role of the dead in the postwar world. Arguing that cultures of bereavement and the visibility of grief in wartime were shaped by the Great War, the book traces the development of cultures of death grief and bereavement through the first half of the 20th century. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including diaries, letters, memoirs, newspapers, magazines and government papers, it considers civilian death in war alongside military death, and examines the ways that gender, class and region shaped death, grief and bereavement for the British in war.Less
This book places death squarely at the centre of war. Focused on Second World War Britain, it draws on a range of public and private sources to explore the ways that British people experienced death, grief and bereavement in wartime. It examines the development of the emotional economy within which these experiences took place; the role of the British state in planning for wartime death and managing and memorialising those who died, and the role of the dead in the postwar world. Arguing that cultures of bereavement and the visibility of grief in wartime were shaped by the Great War, the book traces the development of cultures of death grief and bereavement through the first half of the 20th century. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including diaries, letters, memoirs, newspapers, magazines and government papers, it considers civilian death in war alongside military death, and examines the ways that gender, class and region shaped death, grief and bereavement for the British in war.
Thomas Attig
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195074567
- eISBN:
- 9780199847174
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195074567.001.0001
- Subject:
- Psychology, Clinical Psychology
This book promotes an understanding of grieving persons, emphasizes respect for their individuality, encourages active coping, and guides those who help bereaved persons. The author argues that ...
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This book promotes an understanding of grieving persons, emphasizes respect for their individuality, encourages active coping, and guides those who help bereaved persons. The author argues that grieving is not a clinical problem to be solved or managed by others; rather, grieving is a normal process of relearning the world (physical surroundings, relationships with others (including the deceased and God), and oneself) in the aftermath of loss. The author utilizes real life stories to illustrate the power of the idea of relearning the world.Less
This book promotes an understanding of grieving persons, emphasizes respect for their individuality, encourages active coping, and guides those who help bereaved persons. The author argues that grieving is not a clinical problem to be solved or managed by others; rather, grieving is a normal process of relearning the world (physical surroundings, relationships with others (including the deceased and God), and oneself) in the aftermath of loss. The author utilizes real life stories to illustrate the power of the idea of relearning the world.
Sheila Payne, Mari Lloyd-Williams, and Vida Kennedy
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199216420
- eISBN:
- 9780191730306
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199216420.003.0012
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making, Palliative Medicine Research
This chapter discusses the language and discourse of bereavement in the context of palliative care. It traces the ways talking about and understanding bereavement back to some of the theoretical ...
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This chapter discusses the language and discourse of bereavement in the context of palliative care. It traces the ways talking about and understanding bereavement back to some of the theoretical ideas which emerged in the last century and explores how dominant theories of loss influenced the understanding of bereavement. It shows how theoretical ideas have been incorporated into notions of ‘normal’ bereavement and discusses the role and function of childhood bereavement services.Less
This chapter discusses the language and discourse of bereavement in the context of palliative care. It traces the ways talking about and understanding bereavement back to some of the theoretical ideas which emerged in the last century and explores how dominant theories of loss influenced the understanding of bereavement. It shows how theoretical ideas have been incorporated into notions of ‘normal’ bereavement and discusses the role and function of childhood bereavement services.
Peter G. Coleman
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847424600
- eISBN:
- 9781447301530
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847424600.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Gerontology and Ageing
Based on forty years' interviewing experience, this book illustrates the variety of religious, spiritual, and other beliefs held by older people. It provides models of research procedure, especially ...
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Based on forty years' interviewing experience, this book illustrates the variety of religious, spiritual, and other beliefs held by older people. It provides models of research procedure, especially in the context of bereavement. Participants include not only British Christians, but also Muslims, Humanists, and witnesses of the Soviet persecution of religion. The author argues that both welfare professionals and gerontologists need to pay far more consideration to belief as a constituent of well-being in later life. The book looks to the future and increasing diversity of choice in matters of belief among Britain and Europe's older citizens as a consequence of immigration and globalisation.Less
Based on forty years' interviewing experience, this book illustrates the variety of religious, spiritual, and other beliefs held by older people. It provides models of research procedure, especially in the context of bereavement. Participants include not only British Christians, but also Muslims, Humanists, and witnesses of the Soviet persecution of religion. The author argues that both welfare professionals and gerontologists need to pay far more consideration to belief as a constituent of well-being in later life. The book looks to the future and increasing diversity of choice in matters of belief among Britain and Europe's older citizens as a consequence of immigration and globalisation.
Di Stubbs
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199561643
- eISBN:
- 9780191730313
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199561643.003.0008
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Paediatric Palliative Medicine, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making
Having a good face-to-face and person-to-person connection will always be hailed as the cornerstone of child bereavement work. Although bereavement services have developed and grown rapidly over the ...
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Having a good face-to-face and person-to-person connection will always be hailed as the cornerstone of child bereavement work. Although bereavement services have developed and grown rapidly over the past fifteen years, there are still a number of places where bereavement services are available in every locality. Thanks to the arrival of the telephone, e-mail services, and the Internet, there is now a new twist to the concept of early intervention in trauma support and bereavement. This chapter discusses the creative use of technology that can help shrink the space between the practitioner and the bereaved person.Less
Having a good face-to-face and person-to-person connection will always be hailed as the cornerstone of child bereavement work. Although bereavement services have developed and grown rapidly over the past fifteen years, there are still a number of places where bereavement services are available in every locality. Thanks to the arrival of the telephone, e-mail services, and the Internet, there is now a new twist to the concept of early intervention in trauma support and bereavement. This chapter discusses the creative use of technology that can help shrink the space between the practitioner and the bereaved person.
Karen B. Westerfield Tucker
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780195126983
- eISBN:
- 9780199834754
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/019512698X.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
Compared with marriage rites, Methodist burial rites and performances of funerals changed relatively slowly over two centuries. Such conservatism, however, masks the shifts in pastoral and ...
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Compared with marriage rites, Methodist burial rites and performances of funerals changed relatively slowly over two centuries. Such conservatism, however, masks the shifts in pastoral and theological understandings of bereavement, dying, death, resurrection, and eschatology that took place during that time among Methodists and within the wider society. These adjustments can be measured by the contents of funeral sermons, topics addressed in hymnals, changes in funerary customs for both the living and the dead, and alterations in the ritual text.Less
Compared with marriage rites, Methodist burial rites and performances of funerals changed relatively slowly over two centuries. Such conservatism, however, masks the shifts in pastoral and theological understandings of bereavement, dying, death, resurrection, and eschatology that took place during that time among Methodists and within the wider society. These adjustments can be measured by the contents of funeral sermons, topics addressed in hymnals, changes in funerary customs for both the living and the dead, and alterations in the ritual text.
Derek Doyle, David Jeffrey, and Kenneth Calman
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780192632272
- eISBN:
- 9780191730245
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780192632272.003.0011
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making, Pain Management and Palliative Pharmacology
This chapter discusses grief and bereavement. Aside from providing palliative care to the patient, members of the primary care team are also expected to provide bereavement care. Members who are ...
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This chapter discusses grief and bereavement. Aside from providing palliative care to the patient, members of the primary care team are also expected to provide bereavement care. Members who are tasked to give bereavement care must have been involved with the patient and their families before the life-threatening illness was diagnosed, have seen the patient and their family during the stages of the disease, and have cared for them in the terminal phase. Voluntary organisations, clergy, and palliative care teams often act as sources of bereavement care. The chapter focuses on the nature of grief, the features of normal and abnormal grief, and the factors affecting grief outcome. It also provides guidelines for providing grief support significant to general practitioners.Less
This chapter discusses grief and bereavement. Aside from providing palliative care to the patient, members of the primary care team are also expected to provide bereavement care. Members who are tasked to give bereavement care must have been involved with the patient and their families before the life-threatening illness was diagnosed, have seen the patient and their family during the stages of the disease, and have cared for them in the terminal phase. Voluntary organisations, clergy, and palliative care teams often act as sources of bereavement care. The chapter focuses on the nature of grief, the features of normal and abnormal grief, and the factors affecting grief outcome. It also provides guidelines for providing grief support significant to general practitioners.
Angela Thompson
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199561636
- eISBN:
- 9780191730542
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199561636.003.0015
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making, Pain Management and Palliative Pharmacology
This chapter describes the spectrum of conditions involved requiring ACP in paediatrics, the challenges of ACP in paediatrics, and drivers, evidence base, tools, and pathways to support paediatric ...
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This chapter describes the spectrum of conditions involved requiring ACP in paediatrics, the challenges of ACP in paediatrics, and drivers, evidence base, tools, and pathways to support paediatric ACP. It also discuses maintaining support for the family at the time of and following death, and reflects upon messages from special journeys. The discussion suggests that families need care that is planned in partnership with them, is anticipatory, is regularly reviewed, takes account of the whole family's needs, including siblings, and especially the child/young person, enables choice, encompasses parallel planning, provides access to 24/7 expertise in symptom control, and engages in anticipatory bereavement care.Less
This chapter describes the spectrum of conditions involved requiring ACP in paediatrics, the challenges of ACP in paediatrics, and drivers, evidence base, tools, and pathways to support paediatric ACP. It also discuses maintaining support for the family at the time of and following death, and reflects upon messages from special journeys. The discussion suggests that families need care that is planned in partnership with them, is anticipatory, is regularly reviewed, takes account of the whole family's needs, including siblings, and especially the child/young person, enables choice, encompasses parallel planning, provides access to 24/7 expertise in symptom control, and engages in anticipatory bereavement care.
Peter Y. Medding
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195128208
- eISBN:
- 9780199854592
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195128208.003.0009
- Subject:
- History, History of Religion
The number and frequency of war casualties have made bereavement and commemoration pervasive features of the Israeli social fabric. This chapter does not purport to be an exhaustive discussion of ...
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The number and frequency of war casualties have made bereavement and commemoration pervasive features of the Israeli social fabric. This chapter does not purport to be an exhaustive discussion of commemoration in Israeli society, but rather seeks to establish its contours in several significant fields. The first field consists of state ministries, institutions and ceremonies — chief among them the national memorial day for the fallen. It begins with this field since it reveals the hegemonic character of bereavement and commemoration in Israel, and highlights the linkage between its Israeli and Jewish components. This national ideology provides the background for the subsequent analysis of the bereaved families themselves, first through an examination of the organization that caters to their various needs (Yad Labanim) and then through the reactions of several individual bereaved families.Less
The number and frequency of war casualties have made bereavement and commemoration pervasive features of the Israeli social fabric. This chapter does not purport to be an exhaustive discussion of commemoration in Israeli society, but rather seeks to establish its contours in several significant fields. The first field consists of state ministries, institutions and ceremonies — chief among them the national memorial day for the fallen. It begins with this field since it reveals the hegemonic character of bereavement and commemoration in Israel, and highlights the linkage between its Israeli and Jewish components. This national ideology provides the background for the subsequent analysis of the bereaved families themselves, first through an examination of the organization that caters to their various needs (Yad Labanim) and then through the reactions of several individual bereaved families.
Catherine Proot and Michael Yorke
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199685011
- eISBN:
- 9780191765285
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199685011.001.0001
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making, Palliative Medicine Research
This is an important book on a very important and increasingly relevant subject for all who are involved in any way with palliative and End of Life Care. It is about the realities, messiness, ...
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This is an important book on a very important and increasingly relevant subject for all who are involved in any way with palliative and End of Life Care. It is about the realities, messiness, uncertainties, contradictions, paradoxes and ambivalence that are part and parcel of living through advanced illness, dying and bereavement but also about what helps and heals. It is about responding to feelings, hopes, fears and stresses associated with major illness, often experienced by patients and their carers, both family and professional. The content is largely drawn from research and clinical experience as a psychotherapist and pastoral carer in bereavement counselling and palliative care. It is not about technical medical procedures. Its value lies in the highlighting of the non-technical role and presence of caregivers. The aim is to help carers in training both professional and volunteer or who are already in practice, to understand better the attitudes and behaviour of their patients or clients. It could also be of help to teachers and trainers in the field of hospice, palliative and bereavement care and to patients and their families and friends as they try to come to terms with their own situations and how they can cope better with them. The book reviews a range of responses to illness and loss, the challenges posed to countless patients, relatives and carers and the support both personal and organisational. It is written in an accessible style using many stories shared with the authors. This publication offers an inspiring way for people in contemporary society to review death as part of life. (263 words)Less
This is an important book on a very important and increasingly relevant subject for all who are involved in any way with palliative and End of Life Care. It is about the realities, messiness, uncertainties, contradictions, paradoxes and ambivalence that are part and parcel of living through advanced illness, dying and bereavement but also about what helps and heals. It is about responding to feelings, hopes, fears and stresses associated with major illness, often experienced by patients and their carers, both family and professional. The content is largely drawn from research and clinical experience as a psychotherapist and pastoral carer in bereavement counselling and palliative care. It is not about technical medical procedures. Its value lies in the highlighting of the non-technical role and presence of caregivers. The aim is to help carers in training both professional and volunteer or who are already in practice, to understand better the attitudes and behaviour of their patients or clients. It could also be of help to teachers and trainers in the field of hospice, palliative and bereavement care and to patients and their families and friends as they try to come to terms with their own situations and how they can cope better with them. The book reviews a range of responses to illness and loss, the challenges posed to countless patients, relatives and carers and the support both personal and organisational. It is written in an accessible style using many stories shared with the authors. This publication offers an inspiring way for people in contemporary society to review death as part of life. (263 words)
Marilyn Relf
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198515814
- eISBN:
- 9780191730498
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198515814.003.0007
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making, Palliative Medicine Research
This chapter discusses bereavement care, which is composed mostly of providing support to family members after bereavement. One important factor in the delivery of bereavement care is the ability to ...
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This chapter discusses bereavement care, which is composed mostly of providing support to family members after bereavement. One important factor in the delivery of bereavement care is the ability to listen accurately to what people say about their experiences. The chapter looks at a number of other factors which influence the way that people hear and respond to the voices of bereaved people. It also argues that listening to other people is not a neutral activity, and what people say is filtered through lenses provided by conceptual frameworks, personal experiences of loss, and the quality of communication skills.Less
This chapter discusses bereavement care, which is composed mostly of providing support to family members after bereavement. One important factor in the delivery of bereavement care is the ability to listen accurately to what people say about their experiences. The chapter looks at a number of other factors which influence the way that people hear and respond to the voices of bereaved people. It also argues that listening to other people is not a neutral activity, and what people say is filtered through lenses provided by conceptual frameworks, personal experiences of loss, and the quality of communication skills.
Anna Linton
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199233366
- eISBN:
- 9780191716331
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199233366.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, World Literature
In early modern Europe it has been estimated that up to one in two children did not survive to the age of ten. In the light of this high mortality rate, some historians have argued that parents did ...
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In early modern Europe it has been estimated that up to one in two children did not survive to the age of ten. In the light of this high mortality rate, some historians have argued that parents did not form close relationships with their children, especially the very young. This is clearly refuted by the testimony of bereaved parents such as Martin Luther, and by the volume of consolatory writings produced for grieving families in early modern Lutheran Germany. The authors — clergymen and lay people — regarded grief as a deep wound which required treatment, and they applied the balm of consolation through sermons, tracts, and occasional poetry. This study analyses these writings, focusing particularly on the neglected genre of the epicedium (funeral poem). It asks how and why poetry was used to counter the affective impact of parental bereavement, and considers what makes it a suitable vehicle for consolation. The poems, which are analyzed against the contemporary theological, philosophical, and poetological background, are taken from Leichenpredigten (printed funeral booklets), as well as from collections by two contrasting poets, Paul Fleming (1609-40), an unmarried man who wrote to console others, and Margarethe Susanna von Kuntsch (1651-1717), who lost thirteen of her fourteen children.Less
In early modern Europe it has been estimated that up to one in two children did not survive to the age of ten. In the light of this high mortality rate, some historians have argued that parents did not form close relationships with their children, especially the very young. This is clearly refuted by the testimony of bereaved parents such as Martin Luther, and by the volume of consolatory writings produced for grieving families in early modern Lutheran Germany. The authors — clergymen and lay people — regarded grief as a deep wound which required treatment, and they applied the balm of consolation through sermons, tracts, and occasional poetry. This study analyses these writings, focusing particularly on the neglected genre of the epicedium (funeral poem). It asks how and why poetry was used to counter the affective impact of parental bereavement, and considers what makes it a suitable vehicle for consolation. The poems, which are analyzed against the contemporary theological, philosophical, and poetological background, are taken from Leichenpredigten (printed funeral booklets), as well as from collections by two contrasting poets, Paul Fleming (1609-40), an unmarried man who wrote to console others, and Margarethe Susanna von Kuntsch (1651-1717), who lost thirteen of her fourteen children.
Candi K. Cann
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780813145419
- eISBN:
- 9780813145495
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813145419.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
From the dead body to the virtual body and from material memorials to virtual memorials, one thing is clear: the bodiless nature of memorialization of the dead across cultures. In postindustrial, ...
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From the dead body to the virtual body and from material memorials to virtual memorials, one thing is clear: the bodiless nature of memorialization of the dead across cultures. In postindustrial, Protestant, and capitalist societies such as the United States, this trend seems much more prominent and is moving at a faster rate than in the developing world. As globalization and industrialization increase, traditional cultural values and norms will be further eroded, and the trend toward bodiless memorialization will only intensify. Additionally, as the world's population and accompanying land scarcity issues continue to rise, the body as corpse will continue to disappear as countries look for new and innovative ways to dispose of the dead. Ultimately, the rise of memorialization is concurrent with the disappearance of the body. This book examines this disturbing trend, analyzing various types of memorialization and questioning the impetus behind these newly emerging forms of remembrance.Less
From the dead body to the virtual body and from material memorials to virtual memorials, one thing is clear: the bodiless nature of memorialization of the dead across cultures. In postindustrial, Protestant, and capitalist societies such as the United States, this trend seems much more prominent and is moving at a faster rate than in the developing world. As globalization and industrialization increase, traditional cultural values and norms will be further eroded, and the trend toward bodiless memorialization will only intensify. Additionally, as the world's population and accompanying land scarcity issues continue to rise, the body as corpse will continue to disappear as countries look for new and innovative ways to dispose of the dead. Ultimately, the rise of memorialization is concurrent with the disappearance of the body. This book examines this disturbing trend, analyzing various types of memorialization and questioning the impetus behind these newly emerging forms of remembrance.
Anna Linton
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199233366
- eISBN:
- 9780191716331
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199233366.003.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, World Literature
This introductory chapter begins with a discussion about the huge number of consolatory writings printed on the loss of children in early modern German Lutheran Europe. It then outlines the primary ...
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This introductory chapter begins with a discussion about the huge number of consolatory writings printed on the loss of children in early modern German Lutheran Europe. It then outlines the primary objective of this book, which is to study the poetic response to the loss of a child. It asks how and why poetry was used to counter the affective impact of parental bereavement, and considers what makes it a particularly suitable vehicle for consolation. An overview of the subsequent chapters is presented.Less
This introductory chapter begins with a discussion about the huge number of consolatory writings printed on the loss of children in early modern German Lutheran Europe. It then outlines the primary objective of this book, which is to study the poetic response to the loss of a child. It asks how and why poetry was used to counter the affective impact of parental bereavement, and considers what makes it a particularly suitable vehicle for consolation. An overview of the subsequent chapters is presented.
