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Author Christ, Grace Hyslop

Title Healing children's grief : surviving a parent's death from cancer / Grace Hyslop Christ
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 264 pages)
Contents List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Mother and 3-Year-Old Daughter; Diagnosis and Treatment; Terminal Stage; Death and Family Rituals; Bereavement and Reconstitution; Cascade of Events; Conclusion; 2. Childhood Bereavement Studies; Evolving Bereavement Models; Traumatic Stress; Studies of Bereaved Children; Traumatic and Anticipated Death and Divorce; Summary; 3. Stages of the Illness and Child Development; Psychosocial Stages of Cancer; Contribution of Development; Summary; 4. Study Sample, Intervention, Bereavement Model, Methodology; Sample
Intervention: Data CollectionBereavement Outcome Model; Methods; 5. Children 3-5 Years of Age: Themes; Developmental Themes of Preschool Children; Patterns of Responses in Preschool Children; Recommendations for Professionals and Caregivers; 6. Children 3-5 Years of Age: Narrative; Mother and 4- and 7-Year-Old Daughters; 7. Children 6-8 Years of Age: Themes; Developmental Themes of Early School-Age Children; Patterns of Responses in Early School-Age Children; Recommendations for Professionals and Caregivers; 8. Children 6-8 Years of Age: Narratives
Mother, 7-year-old son and 4-Year-Old DaughterFather and 7- and 20-Year-Old Daughters; Outcomes; Discussion; 9. Children 9-11 Years of Age: Themes; Developmental Themes of Later School-Age Children; Patterns of Responses in Later School-Age Children; Recommendations for Professionals and Caregivers; 10. Children 9-11 Years of Age: Narratives; Father and 10-Year-Old Daughter; Mother and Three Children, Aged 7, 10, and 11 Years; Outcomes; Discussion; 11. Children 12-14 Years of Age: Themes; Developmental Themes of Early Adolescence; Patterns of Responses in Early Adolescence
Recommendations for Professionals and Caregivers12. Children 12-14 Years of Age: Narratives; Father, 12-year-old girl and 15-Year-Old Boy; Mother and 12-Year-Old Son; Outcomes; Discussion; 13. Children 15-17 Years of Age: Themes; Developmental Themes of Middle Adolescence; Patterns of Responses in Middle Adolescence; Recommendations for Professionals and Caregivers; 14. Children 15-17 Years of Age: Narratives; Father, 16- and 13-Year-Old Daughters and a 15-Year-Old Son; Mother and 16-Year-Old Daughter; Outcomes; Discussion; 15. Conclusion; Mourning; Outcome; The Untold Stories
Combining Qualitative and Quantitative ApproachesFuture Directions; Bibliography; Author Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U
Summary This work identifies five developmentally derived age groups that clarify important differences in children's grief and mourning processes, in their understanding of events, their interactions with families, and their varying needs for help and support
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-252) and indexes
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Subject Grief in children.
Grief in adolescence.
Bereavement in children.
Bereavement in adolescence.
Parents -- Death -- Psychological aspects
Children and death.
Teenagers and death.
Grief.
Adaptability (Psychology)
Death -- Psychological aspects.
Children.
Parents.
Grief
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Attitude to Death
Child
Neoplasms -- mortality
Parents
grief.
children (people by age group)
parents.
SELF-HELP -- Death, Grief, Bereavement.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Death, Grief, Bereavement.
Parents
Grief
Death -- Psychological aspects
Children
Adaptability (Psychology)
Bereavement in adolescence
Bereavement in children
Children and death
Grief in adolescence
Grief in children
Parents -- Death -- Psychological aspects
Teenagers and death
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1423745582
9781423745587