On Bereavement

AvTony Walter

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

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Beskrivning

'Insightful and refreshing.' - Professor Dennis Klass, Webster University Religion Department, St. Louis, USA

'A tour de force.' - Dr Colin Murray Parkes, OBE, MD, FRCPsych, President of CRUSE

Some societies and some individuals find a place for their dead, others leave them behind. In recent years, researchers, professionals and bereaved people themselves have struggled with this. Should the bond with the dead be continued or broken? What is clear is that the grieving individual is not left in a social vacuum but has to struggle with expectations from self, family, friends, professionals and academic theorists.

This ground-breaking book looks at the social position of the bereaved. They find themselves caught between the living and the dead, sometimes searching for guidelines in a de-ritualized society that has few to offer, sometimes finding their grief inappropriately pathologised and policed. At its best, bereavement care offers reassurance, validation, and freedom to talk where the client has previously encountered judgmentalism.

In this unique book, Tony Walter applies sociological insights to one of the most personal of human situations. On Bereavement is aimed at students on medical, nursing, counselling and social work courses that include bereavement as a topic. It will also appeal to sociology students with an interest in death, dying and mortality.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1999-10-16
Mått:152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt:380 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Facing Death
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN:9780335200801

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Sorghantering inom Hälsa och familj
Socialt arbete och välfärd inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Tony Walter is a lecturer in sociology at the University of Reading. He has written extensively about death in modern society, particularly funeral reform, and has lectured widely to a range of groups from the Royal Society of Arts to hospices, bereavement groups and clergy. He is currently researching the increasing interest in reincarnation in the West, the media's interest in death, and new approaches to bereavement care.

Recensioner i media

“This is an important book with its refreshingly new insights into the process of grief and the context of bereavement. It should be on the reading list of all practitioners and students of loss and bereavement.” – Ageing & Society

Innehållsförteckning

Series editor's prefaceIntroductionPart one: Living with the deadOther places, other timesWar, peace and the deadtwentieth century popular culturePrivate bondsPublic bondsthe dead in everyday conversationThe last chapterTheoriesPart two: Policing griefGuidelines for griefhistorical backgroundPopular guidelinesthe English caseExpert guidelinesclinical loreVive la difference?the politics of genderBereavement careConclusionintegration, regulation and postmodernismReferencesIndex.