Grief, Loss and and Bereavement Care: An Evidence Based Approach for Health and Social Care

Dealing with the social experience of grief, loss and bereavement are challenging areas for everyone, including health and social care practitioners who are often well placed to offer help and support to the bereaved. This book draws together a comprehensive range of worldwide evidence for understanding and supporting the bereaved in a variety of health and social care contexts. It can be used by practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds in both health and social care to gain an appreciation of bereavement and its associated support and care. Additionally, it can be used for personal and professional development by practitioners who want to enhance their own and others’ practice with the bereaved in specific contexts or organisations. The book may also be of value to those undertaking post graduate study who want to gain a wider understanding of the evidence related to bereavement and bereavement care practice in health and social care and may be seeking to add to the body of evidence in this field.

Selected contents: 1. Introduction 2. Bereavement in Children and Young People 3. Parental and Family Bereavement 4. Bereavement and Older People 5. End-of-life Care and Bereavement 6. Mental Health, Trauma and Bereavement 7. Bereavement and Primary Care 8. Acute Care and Bereavement 9. Children’s Deaths and Bereavement 10. Perinatal Bereavement 11. Older people and Bereavement 12. Learning Disability and Bereavement 13. HIV, AIDS and Bereavement 14. Occupational Health and Bereavement 15. Professional Development for Health and Social Care Practitioners 16. Interventions, Organisation of Care and Support for the Bereaved