Thanatology is a discipline which focuses on the practice of supportive physical and emotional care for those whoe are dying as well as their families. The essays collected for this volume discuss the entire continium of bereavement and grief. Among the topics discussed are Anticipatory Grief, the period following diagnosis of serious illness when the victim and family members must adapt to a new projection for the future, and Pathological Bereavement, the behavior pattern of those who find emotional recovery so difficult that every day life becomes impossible. The book also includes instructive case studies which examine each phase of bereavement from a variety of professional perspectives.
- ISBN10 0275901440
- ISBN13 9780275901448
- Publish Date 15 September 1985
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 June 2016
- Publish Country US
- Publisher ABC-CLIO
- Imprint Praeger Publishers Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 176
- Language English