Working with Bereavement

Janet Lynn Wilson is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She has worked for over 30 years as a healthcare professional. She is also a psychotherapist with many years' experience as a counsellor, group facilitator and supervisor of those involved in supporting the bereaved. She has recently completed research into nursing staff responses to patient death and has published papers on this and related topics.

• 1. Introduction2. Theories of Bereavement3. Immediate Support for the Bereaved4. Longer Term Support for the Bereaved5. Cultural and Faith Influences6. Differing Perspectives of Grief7. Sudden and Traumatic Death8. Suicide9. Death of a Baby/Child10. Unrecognised Grief11. Self Care when Working with the BereavedResources

'Working with bereavement is an excellent practical guide that covers a vast array of subject matter from theories of bereavement, working with bereavement to hard to talk about deaths.' Ibadete Fetahu, Nursing Times