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Bereavement and Palliative Care books and resources

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Dying, Bereavement and the Healing Arts

Edited by Gillie Bolton

Dying, Bereavement and the Healing Arts describes a range of successful programmes pioneered by artists, writers, nurses, musicians, therapists, social workers, and chaplains in palliative care settings. These range from simple painting and writing activities to organized communal activities like writing and performing a play.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-516-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 216pp, 2007, £19.99, $34.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Health Care, Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies, Working with Older People

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Effective Grief and Bereavement Support

Effective Grief and Bereavement Support

The Role of Family, Friends, Colleagues, Schools and Support Professionals

Kari Dyregrov and Atle Dyregrov

' …a profoundly significant book on a topic rarely discussed and little researched, dealing with sudden or unexpected death. The authors have brought together the latest knowledge in the field, and explore how social networks and professionals working with the bereaved can help. This is an important book for all of us, who will sadly one day experience this... it is a must read for those in the field and those suffering.'

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-667-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 272pp, 2008, £19.99, $39.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Education, Working with Children and Families

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Great Answers to Difficult Questions about Death

Great Answers to Difficult Questions about Death

What Children Need to Know

Linda Goldman

Why do people die?
Where is heaven?
Will I die too? What happens to me?
Death is never an easy subject for discussion and adults can have difficulty finding the right words when talking about it with children. This book explores children's thoughts and feelings on the subject and provides parents and other caring adults with guidance on how to respond to difficult questions.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84905-805-6, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 112pp, 2009, £9.99, $14.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Parenting, Working with Children and Families

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Speaking of Dying

Speaking of Dying

A Practical Guide to Using Counselling Skills in Palliative Care

Louis Heyse-Moore

Good counselling skills are often not taught to the professionals who need them most. Compassionate and tactful communication skills can make the difference between an awkward encounter with a dying patient, and an engaging, empathic bond between two people.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-678-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp, 2008, £17.99, $34.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Dementia, Health Care, Spirituality, Working with Older People

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Living with Learning Disabilities, Dying with Cancer

Living with Learning Disabilities, Dying with Cancer

Thirteen Personal Stories

Irene Tuffrey-Wijne

This book is a powerful and moving account of the experiences of 13 people with learning disabilities who were living with cancer. The author followed their lives as part of a 3-year research study, during which 10 people died. She spent extensive periods of time with them at their homes and...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84905-027-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 272pp, October 2009, £19.99, $34.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Disability, Health Care, Health, Social Work and Social Care, Intellectual Disabilities

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Talking With Bereaved People

An Approach for Structured and Sensitive Communication

Dodie Graves

It can be hard to know what to talk about with a bereaved person over a period of time once you have offered your condolences. This book shows how, by using good active listening skills, empathic exploration and a willingness to talk about the hard issues, you can embark on a process of...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-988-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp, September 2009, £17.99, $29.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Social Work, Working with Older People

All Bereavement and Palliative Care titles in alphabetical order

Attending to the Fact – Staying with Dying

Hilary Elfick and David Head
Edited by Cynthia Fuller

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-247-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 128pp, 2004, £13.99, $27.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Practical Theology

Autism and Loss

Rachel Forrester-Jones and Sarah Broadhurst

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-433-9, US Letter, 208pp, 2007, £29.99, $55.00

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling

Being Mindful, Easing Suffering

Reflections on Palliative Care

Christopher Johns

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-212-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 272pp, 2004, £19.99, $34.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Practical Theology

Bibliotherapy for Bereaved Children

Healing Reading

Eileen H. Jones

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-004-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 144pp, 2001, £16.99, $32.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Storymaking

A Bolt from the Blue

Coping with Disasters and Acute Traumas

Salli Saari
Translated by Annira Silver

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-313-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp, 2005, £22.99, $39.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis

Children Also Grieve

Talking about Death and Healing

Linda Goldman

Hardback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-808-5, 173mm x 123mm / 10in x 4.75in, 80pp, 2006, £16.99, $22.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Parenting, Working with Children and Families

Children, Bereavement and Trauma

Nurturing Resilience

Paul Barnard, Ian Morland and Julie Nagy

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-785-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp, 1999, £17.99, $32.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Working with Children and Families

The Colors of Grief

Understanding a Child's Journey through Loss from Birth to Adulthood

Janis A. Di Ciacco PhD

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-886-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp, 2008, £12.99, $19.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Education, Parenting, Working with Children and Families

The Creative Arts in Palliative Care

Edited by Nigel Hartley and Malcolm Payne

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-591-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp, 2008, £18.99, $34.95

Categories: Arts Therapies, Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Working with Older People

Dealing with Death

A Handbook of Practices, Procedures and Law
2nd edition

Jennifer Green and Michael Green

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-381-3, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 352pp, 2006, £40.00, $79.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Health, Social Work and Social Care, Practical Theology, Social Work Law

A Dragon in Your Heart

Sophie LeBlanc

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-701-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 36pp, 1999, £7.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Parenting

Dying, Bereavement and the Healing Arts

Edited by Gillie Bolton

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-516-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 216pp, 2007, £19.99, $34.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Health Care, Interdisciplinary Arts Therapies, Working with Older People

Effective Grief and Bereavement Support

The Role of Family, Friends, Colleagues, Schools and Support Professionals

Kari Dyregrov and Atle Dyregrov

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-667-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 272pp, 2008, £19.99, $39.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Education, Working with Children and Families

Empowering Children through Art and Expression

Culturally Sensitive Ways of Healing Trauma and Grief

Bruce St Thomas and Paul Johnson

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-789-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp, 2007, £19.99, $29.95

Categories: Arts Therapies, Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Working with Children and Families

Finding a Way Through When Someone Close has Died

What it Feels Like and What You Can Do to Help Yourself: A Workbook by Young People for Young People

Pat Mood and Lesley Whittaker

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-920-2, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 80pp, 2001, £8.95, $15.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Education

The Forgotten Mourners

Guidelines for Working with Bereaved Children
2nd edition

Sister Margaret Pennells and Susan C Smith

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-758-1, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 112pp, 1999, £9.95, $19.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Education

Good Grief 1

Exploring Feelings, Loss and Death with Under Elevens: 2nd Edition

Barbara Ward and Associates

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-324-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 276pp, 1995, £29.95, $52.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Education

Good Grief 2

Exploring Feelings, Loss and Death with Over Elevens and Adults: 2nd Edition

Barbara Ward and Associates

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-340-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 276pp, 1995, £29.95, $59.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Education

Grandad's Ashes

Walter Smith

Hardback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-517-6, 210mm x 210mm / 8.25in x 8.25in, 32pp, 2007, £8.99, $14.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Parenting, Working with Children and Families

Great Answers to Difficult Questions about Death

What Children Need to Know

Linda Goldman

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84905-805-6, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 112pp, 2009, £9.99, $14.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Parenting, Working with Children and Families

Grief and Powerlessness

Helping People Regain Control of their Lives

Ruth Bright

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-386-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp, 1996, £19.99, $34.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Music Therapy

Grief in Children

A Handbook for Adults
2nd edition

Atle Dyregrov

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-612-8, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 208pp, 2008, £14.99, $24.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Education, Parenting, Working with Children and Families

Grief in Young Children

A Handbook for Adults

Atle Dyregrov

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-650-0, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 96pp, 2008, £9.99, $18.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Education, Parenting, Working with Children and Families

Grief Unseen

Healing Pregnancy Loss through the Arts

Laura Seftel

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-805-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp, 2006, £16.99, $28.95

Categories: Art Therapy, Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Health Care, Parenting

A Guide to Psychological Debriefing

Managing Emotional Decompression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

David Kinchin

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-492-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 136pp, 2007, £15.99, $27.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Health Care, Psychiatry and Psychology, Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Social Work

Helping Children to Manage Loss

Positive Strategies for Renewal and Growth

Brenda Mallon

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-605-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp, 1998, £17.99, $38.95

Category: Bereavement and Palliative Care

The Inspiration of Hope in Bereavement Counselling

John R. Cutcliffe

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-082-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 144pp, 2004, £16.99, $32.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling

Interventions With Bereaved Children

Susan C Smith and Sister Margaret Pennells

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-285-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 300pp, 1995, £22.99, $42.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Working with Children and Families

Journeys into Palliative Care

Roots and Reflections

Edited by Christina Mason

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-030-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp, 2002, £19.99, $37.95

Category: Bereavement and Palliative Care

Life, Psychotherapy and Death

The End of Our Exploring

Ann Orbach

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-553-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 200pp, 1999, £22.99, $42.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis

Living Through Loss

A Manual for Those Working with Issues of Terminal Illness and Bereavement

Fay W. Jacobsen, Margaret Kindlen and Allison Shoemark

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-395-8, 297mm x 210mm / 11in x 8.5in, 282pp, 1997, £29.95, $64.95

Category: Bereavement and Palliative Care

Living with Learning Disabilities, Dying with Cancer

Thirteen Personal Stories

Irene Tuffrey-Wijne

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84905-027-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 272pp, October 2009, £19.99, $34.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Disability, Health Care, Health, Social Work and Social Care, Intellectual Disabilities

Lost for Words

Loss and Bereavement Awareness Training

John Holland, Ruth Dance, Nic Macmanus and Carole Stitt

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-324-0, 297mm x 210mm / 11in x 8.5in, 128pp, 2005, £29.95, $55.00

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Education, Mental Health, Working with Children and Families

Love and Grief

The Dilemma of Facing Love After Death

Catherine O'Neill and Lisa Keane

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-346-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp, 2005, £16.99, $27.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Working with Children and Families

Making Babies the Hard Way

Living with Infertility and Treatment

Caroline Gallup

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-463-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp, 2007, £12.99, $19.95

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Health Care, Parenting

Making Sense of Spirituality in Nursing and Health Care Practice

An Interactive Approach
2nd edition

Wilfred McSherry

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-365-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 216pp, 2006, £15.99, $25.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Health Care, Practical Theology

Music Therapy in Children's Hospices

Jessie's Fund in Action

Edited by Mercédès Pavlicevic

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-254-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp, 2005, £17.95, $32.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Music Therapy

Nearing Death Awareness

A Guide to the Language, Visions, and Dreams of the Dying

Mary Anne Sanders

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-857-3, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 128pp, 2007, £11.99, $17.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Practical Theology

Nonfinite Loss and Grief

A Psychoeducational Approach

Elizabeth J. Bruce and Cynthia L. Schultz

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-046-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp, 2001, £18.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling

On Death, Dying and Not Dying

Peter Houghton

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-020-1, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 176pp, 2001, £15.99, $29.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling

Overcoming Loss

Activities and Stories to Help Transform Children's Grief and Loss

Julia Sorensen
Illustrated by Maryam Ahmad

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-646-3, 279.4mm x 216mm / 11in x 8.5in, 144pp, 2008, £19.99, $35.00

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Parenting, Working with Children and Families

Palliative Care, Social Work and Service Users

Making Life Possible

Peter Beresford, Lesley Adshead and Suzy Croft

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-465-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 272pp, 2006, £22.99, $47.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Social Work, Working with Older People

Relative Grief

Parents and children, sisters and brothers, husbands, wives and partners, grandparents and grandchildren talk about their experience of death and grieving

Clare Jenkins and Judy Merry

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-257-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp, 2005, £12.95, $19.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Fiction & Memoirs

Silent Grief

Living in the Wake of Suicide. Revised Edition

Christopher Lukas and Henry M. Seiden

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-847-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, 2007, £13.99, $19.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Mental Health

The Social Symbolism of Grief and Mourning

Roger Grainger

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-480-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp, 1998, £22.99, $44.95

Category: Bereavement and Palliative Care

Someone Very Important Has Just Died

Immediate Help for People Caring for Children of All Ages at the Time of a Close Bereavement

Mary Turner
Illustrated by Elaine Bailey

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-295-3, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 48pp, 2004, £12.99, $19.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Parenting

Speaking of Dying

A Practical Guide to Using Counselling Skills in Palliative Care

Louis Heyse-Moore

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-678-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp, 2008, £17.99, $34.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Dementia, Health Care, Spirituality, Working with Older People

Standing On His Own Two Feet

A Diary of Dying

Sue Grant

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-368-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp, 2005, £14.99, $19.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Mental Health

Still Here with Me

Teenagers and Children on Losing a Parent

Edited by Suzanne Sjöqvist
Translated by Margaret Myers

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-501-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp, 2006, £13.99, $19.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Counselling, Working with Children and Families

Storymaking in Bereavement

Dragons Fight in the Meadow

Alida Gersie

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-176-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 336pp, 1992, £19.95, $34.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Storymaking

Supporting Children in Public Care in Schools

A Resource for Trainers of Teachers, Carers and Social Workers

John Holland and Catherine Randerson

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-325-7, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 144pp, 2005, £35.00, $63.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Education, Mental Health, Working with Children and Families

Supporting the Child and the Family in Paediatric Palliative Care

Erica Brown
With Brian Warr

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-181-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 304pp, 2007, £22.99, $39.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Health Care, Working with Children and Families

Talking With Bereaved People

An Approach for Structured and Sensitive Communication

Dodie Graves

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-988-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp, September 2009, £17.99, $29.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Social Work, Working with Older People

Talking with Children and Young People about Death and Dying

2nd edition

Mary Turner
Illustrated by Bob Thomas

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-441-4, 297mm x 210mm / 11in x 8.5in, 160pp, 2006, £19.99, $36.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Parenting, Working with Children and Families

A Teacher's Handbook of Death

Maggie Jackson and Jim Colwell

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-015-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp, 2001, £15.99, $29.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Education

Understanding Children's Experiences of Parental Bereavement

John Holland

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-016-4, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 224pp, 2001, £17.99, $36.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Working with Children and Families

When a Family Pet Dies

A Guide to Dealing with Children's Loss

JoAnn Tuzeo-Jarolmen, Ph.D.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-836-8, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 104pp, 2006, £12.99, $14.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Working with Children and Families

Without You – Children and Young People Growing Up with Loss and its Effects

Tamar Granot

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-297-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, 2004, £18.99, $34.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Counselling, Parenting, Social Work, Working with Children and Families


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