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Living with Grief When Illness Is Prolonged

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ISBN-10: 1560327030

ISBN-13: 9781560327035

Edition: 1997

Authors: Kenneth J. Doka

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First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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List price: $48.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: CRC Press LLC
Publication date: 4/1/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Nancy Boyd Webb, DSW, BCD, RPT-S, a board-certified diplomate in clinical social work and a registered play therapy supervisor, is a leading authority on play therapy with children who have experienced loss and traumatic bereavement. Dr. Webb was Professor at the Fordham University School of Social Service from 1979 until 2008, where she held the endowed James R. Dumpson Chair in Child Welfare Studies, was named University Distinguished Professor of Social Work, and founded Fordhamrsquo;s Post-Masterrsquo;s Certificate Program in Child and Adolescent Therapy. Author or editor of numerous books, Dr. Webb is a consulting editor for theJournal of Child and Adolescent Trauma. She is a past…    

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Perspectives on Loss: When Illness Is Prolonged
When Illness Is Prolonged: Implications for Grief
Fading Away During Terminal Illness: Implications for Bereavement in Family Members
Living and Learning the Reality of a Loved One's Dying: Traumatic Stress and Cognitive Processing in Anticipatory Grief
Hard Decisions in Hard Times: Making Ethical Choices During Prolonged Illness
Hospice Care and Its Effect on the Grieving Process
The Story of Miss Mildred: Her Living and Dying
Grief, Loss, and the Illness Experience
Death from the Cancers
Modulated Mourning: The Grief and Mourning of Those Infected and Affected by HIV/AIDS
Systemic Understandings of Loss and Grief Related to Alzheimer's Disease
Paths to Healing
Coping with Long-term Illness and Death in an Adult: The Impact on Grieving Children and Adolescents
A Decalogue: Ten Commandments for the Concerned Caregiver
Meaning Reconstruction and the Experience of Chronic Loss
Healing Rituals: Pathways to Wholeness During Prolonged Illness and Following Death
Conclusion
Resource List
References
Biographical Information