Phyllis R. Silverman

Widow to Widow (eBook, ePUB)

How the Bereaved Help One Another

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Widow to Widow shares the experiences of widows who have found comfort and continuity in mutual-help and community support programs. In the second edition of her pioneering text, Phyllis Silverman brings the success of the original widow-to-widow program into the 21st century, preparing a new generation of community leaders, clergy, counselors, hospice staff, social workers, and the widowed themselves to organize and implement mutual-help programs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135937805
• Artikelnr.: 47892973

Autorenporträt

Phyllis R. Silverman, Ph.D., is Scholar-in-Residence at the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, and Associate Professor in Social Welfare, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Silverman is also Professor Emerita of the MGH Institute of Health Professions, and she is recognized internationally for her research with the widowed and grieving children, and for the pioneer intervention she developed based on peer support.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Editor Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I:
Various Dimensions of Widowhood. Theoretical Perspectives on Grief and
Healing. Widows and Widowers: Gender Differences. Grief as a Time of Loss
and Change: The Nature of Transition. Help in a Mutual-help Context. Part
II: On Helping. Could This Really Be Happening to Me? Uncertainty: What
Will Happen Next? Looking to the Future: The Fruits of Help. Parenting
Alone: Widowed with Dependent Children. The Older Widowed. Conclusion.
Appendices. Appendix 1: Research Findings. Appendix 2: The Widowed As
Helpers. Appendix 3: Resources for the Widowed. References.Index.