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When parents die : learning to live with the loss of a parent / Rebecca Abrams.

By: Abrams, Rebecca.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Routledge/ Taylor & Francis Group, 2013Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xix, 241 s. ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: sheetISBN: 9780415590112 (hbk.) :; 0415590116 (hbk.) :; 9780415590129 (pbk.) :; 0415590124 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Grief | Bereavement -- Psychological aspects | Parents -- Death -- Psychological aspects | Loss (Psychology)DDC classification: 155.937 Summary: The death of a parent marks an emotional and psychological watershed in a person's life. For children and teenagers, the loss of a parent if not handled sensitively can be a lasting trauma, and for adults too, a parent's death can be a tremendous blow. When Parents Die speaks to bereaved children of all ages. Rebecca Abrams draws on her personal and professional understandings of parental loss, as well as the experiences of many other adults, teenagers and children, to provide the reader with an honest, compassionate and insightful exploration of the experience of losing a parent. The book covers the entire course of grieving, from the immediate aftermath of a parent's death through to the point of recovery, paying particular attention to the many circumstances that can prolong and complicate mourning, including sudden death. An indispensible aid to the bereaved and the many professionals who work with them, this book is written in a clear and sympathetic style. It has been fully revised for this third edition to take recent research into account.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-237) and index.

The death of a parent marks an emotional and psychological watershed in a person's life. For children and teenagers, the loss of a parent if not handled sensitively can be a lasting trauma, and for adults too, a parent's death can be a tremendous blow.

When Parents Die speaks to bereaved children of all ages. Rebecca Abrams draws on her personal and professional understandings of parental loss, as well as the experiences of many other adults, teenagers and children, to provide the reader with an honest, compassionate and insightful exploration of the experience of losing a parent. The book covers the entire course of grieving, from the immediate aftermath of a parent's death through to the point of recovery, paying particular attention to the many circumstances that can prolong and complicate mourning, including sudden death.

An indispensible aid to the bereaved and the many professionals who work with them, this book is written in a clear and sympathetic style. It has been fully revised for this third edition to take recent research into account.

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