Family focused grief therapy : a model of family-centred care during palliative care and bereavement

    • Kissane, David W. (David William)
    • Bloch, Sidney

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    • Kissane, David W. (David William)
    • Bloch, Sidney

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Family focused grief therapy : a model of family-centred care during palliative care and bereavement

David W. Kissane and Sidney Bloch

(Facing death / series editor, David Clark)

Open University Press, 2002

  • pbk.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-246) and index

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Description

The family is intimately involved in the care of the dying and requires support through its experience of both palliative care and bereavement. This volume describes a comprehensive model of family care and how to go about it - an approach which is new, preventive, cost effective and with proven benefits to the bereaved. The book has been designed rather like a therapy manual, providing a step-by-step approach to assessment and intervention. Its rich illustration through many clinical examples brings the process of therapy alive for the reader, anticipating the common challenges that arise and describing how the therapist might respond. Families are recognized throughout as a central social unit, pivotal to the success of palliative care. This title should be of use to doctors, nurses, psychologists, social workers, pastoral care workers, psychiatrists and other allied health professionals who work in caring for the dying and for their bereaved relatives.

Table of Contents

  • Family care and family grief
  • a typology of family functioning
  • conducting family focused grief therapy (FFGT)
  • common themes that arise during FFGT
  • a typical encounter of therapy
  • challenges and problems in the delivery of FFGT
  • the impact of specific life events upon families
  • the ethical dimension
  • clinical application of the FFGT model. Appendix 1: The Family Relationships Index. Appendix 2: Tables of results from the Melbourne Family Grief Studies.

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