Working with Bereavement

Janet Lynn Wilson is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She has worked for over 30 years as a healthcare professional. She is also a psychotherapist with many years' experience as a counsellor, group facilitator and supervisor of those involved in supporting the bereaved. She has recently completed research into nursing staff responses to patient death and has published papers on this and related topics.

1. Introduction
2. Theories of Bereavement
3. Immediate Support for the Bereaved
4. Longer Term Support for the Bereaved
5. Cultural and Faith Influences
6. Differing Perspectives of Grief
7. Sudden and Traumatic Death
8. Suicide
9. Death of a Baby/Child
10. Unrecognised Grief
11. Self Care when Working with the Bereaved
Resources