Pet Loss and Human Bereavement

William Kay and Herbert Nieburg are the authors of Pet Loss and Human Bereavement, published by Wiley.

• Foreword (William J. Kay). Preface (William J. Kay, Austin H. Kutscher).I: The Human/Companion Animal Bond.1. The Moral Status of Animals (Bernard E. Rollin).2. Pet Animals and Human Well-being (M.W. Fox).3. Health Consequences of Pet Ownership (Erika Friedmann, Aaron A. Katcher, Sue A. Thomas, James J. Lynch).4. Nonconventional Human/Companion Animal Bonds (James M. Harris).5. When Pet Animals Die (Jacob Antelyes).6. Population Aspects of Animal Mortality (Alan M. Beck).II: The Grieving Human Companion.7. Grief at the Loss of a Pet ( Boris M. Levinson).8. Psychosocial Aspects of bereavement (Herbert A. Nieburg).9. Relief and Prevention of Grief (Leo K. Bustad, Linda M. Hines).10. Healing Emotionally Disturbed Children Cope with Loss of a Pet (Mary Link).11. Development of a Social Work Service to Deal with Grief after Loss of a Pet (Eleanor L. Ryder).12. Social Work in a Veterinary Hospital: Response to Owner Grief Reactions, (Jamie Quackenbush).13. Illness and Death of Pets: Role of the Human-Health-Care Team (Michael J. McCulloch).III: Veterinary Medicine Perspectives.14. The Human/Animal Bond Revisited (Esther Braun).15. Clinical Aspects of Grief Associated with Loss of a Pet: A Veterinarian's View (Marc A. Rosenberg).16. Role of the Animal Health Technician in Consoling Bereaved Clients (Sally Oblas Walshaw).17. Owner/Pet Attachment Despite Behavior Problems (Victoria L. Voith).18. Owner/Pet Pathologic Attachment: The Veterinarian's Nightmare (E.K. Rynearson).19. Death of Pets Owned by the Elderly: Implications for Veterinary Practice (George Paulus, John C. Thrush, Cyrus S. Stewart, Patrick Hafner).20. Psychosocial Model of Veterinary Practice, William H. Sullivan, Carole E. Fudin).21. Family Psychotherapy Methodology: A Model for Veterinarians and Clinicians (D.T. Wessels Jr.).22. Epilogue: A Historical Perspective, (Egilde Seravalli).Contributors.Index.