Healing children's grief : surviving a parent's death from cancer /

This work identifies five developmentally derived age groups that clarify important differences in children's grief and mourning processes, in their understanding of events, their interactions with families, and their varying needs for help and support.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Christ, Grace Hyslop
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Subjects:	Grief in children. Grief in adolescence. Bereavement in children. Bereavement in adolescence. Parents > Death > Psychological aspects. Children and death. Teenagers and death. Grief. Adaptability (Psychology) Death > Psychological aspects. Children. Parents. Grief Adaptation, Psychological Adolescent Attitude to Death Child Neoplasms > mortality Parents Chagrin chez l'enfant. Chagrin chez l'adolescent. Deuil chez l'enfant. Deuil chez l'adolescent. Parents > Mort > Aspect psychologique. Enfants et mort. Adolescents et mort. Chagrin. Adaptation (Psychologie) Mort > Aspect psychologique. Enfants. Enfance. grief. children (people by age group) parents. childhood. SELF-HELP > Death, Grief, Bereavement. FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Death, Grief, Bereavement. Death > Psychological aspects Children Bereavement in adolescence Bereavement in children Children and death Grief in adolescence Grief in children Parents > Death > Psychological aspects Teenagers and death Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Mother and 3-Year-Old Daughter; Diagnosis and Treatment; Terminal Stage; Death and Family Rituals; Bereavement and Reconstitution; Cascade of Events; Conclusion; 2. Childhood Bereavement Studies; Evolving Bereavement Models; Traumatic Stress; Studies of Bereaved Children; Traumatic and Anticipated Death and Divorce; Summary; 3. Stages of the Illness and Child Development; Psychosocial Stages of Cancer; Contribution of Development; Summary; 4. Study Sample, Intervention, Bereavement Model, Methodology; Sample.
Intervention: Data CollectionBereavement Outcome Model; Methods; 5. Children 3-5 Years of Age: Themes; Developmental Themes of Preschool Children; Patterns of Responses in Preschool Children; Recommendations for Professionals and Caregivers; 6. Children 3-5 Years of Age: Narrative; Mother and 4- and 7-Year-Old Daughters; 7. Children 6-8 Years of Age: Themes; Developmental Themes of Early School-Age Children; Patterns of Responses in Early School-Age Children; Recommendations for Professionals and Caregivers; 8. Children 6-8 Years of Age: Narratives.
Mother, 7-year-old son and 4-Year-Old DaughterFather and 7- and 20-Year-Old Daughters; Outcomes; Discussion; 9. Children 9-11 Years of Age: Themes; Developmental Themes of Later School-Age Children; Patterns of Responses in Later School-Age Children; Recommendations for Professionals and Caregivers; 10. Children 9-11 Years of Age: Narratives; Father and 10-Year-Old Daughter; Mother and Three Children, Aged 7, 10, and 11 Years; Outcomes; Discussion; 11. Children 12-14 Years of Age: Themes; Developmental Themes of Early Adolescence; Patterns of Responses in Early Adolescence.
Recommendations for Professionals and Caregivers12. Children 12-14 Years of Age: Narratives; Father, 12-year-old girl and 15-Year-Old Boy; Mother and 12-Year-Old Son; Outcomes; Discussion; 13. Children 15-17 Years of Age: Themes; Developmental Themes of Middle Adolescence; Patterns of Responses in Middle Adolescence; Recommendations for Professionals and Caregivers; 14. Children 15-17 Years of Age: Narratives; Father, 16- and 13-Year-Old Daughters and a 15-Year-Old Son; Mother and 16-Year-Old Daughter; Outcomes; Discussion; 15. Conclusion; Mourning; Outcome; The Untold Stories.
Combining Qualitative and Quantitative ApproachesFuture Directions; Bibliography; Author Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U.