Death Care Books

This bbok is a compliation of different people's stories of surviving their suicide attempts. I appreciated all the different points of view; no story was quite the same. Each author had their own experiences that once brought them to the brink of suicide, but survived it and went on to live more hopeful lives.

I expected more from this book. It was hard to find something that speaks specifically to friends and relatives of survivors and so openly describes individual experiences. The elements that are lacking are answers to questions such as why do some individulas make attempts? what can we do to prevent this? How can we recognize who is at risk? What can we do to help relatives and friends of attempt survivors to heal themselves as well as to support their loved ones? There just was no commonality across the examples given; no wisdom to help grapple with these questions.

One of the hardest things for those left behind after a loved one commits suicide is to find the peace and understanding to forgive that loved one.

This haunting book will help suicide survivors feel the support of a group of people who went through the same thing. "Children of Jonah" will also help the family and friends of those who survive suicide and those who succeed in taking their life.

This is a very important book. I highly recommend it to anyone who has either tried to commit suicide themselves or who knows someone who has.

Looks at aspects of death/dying and bereavement from a variety of perspectives - e.g. experiential/theoretical/sociological an all round perspective.

I used this book as part of the course it was intended to be a componant of (an Open University course on bereavement).
However I would suggest it is infnitely more useful than that, while it does operate form a very a British perspective, it does cover aspects of bereavemnt that are doubtless universal.
It is a great resource for helping those in need, it offers words, theories, thoughts and experiences of great wisdom and breadth. It could prove a source of comfort and healing and would be a great resoucre for caring, religious and voluntary professions.

This is a clearly written book by a funeral director and psychologist. It provides helpful suggestions to parents and caregivers on how to inform children of death in many different situations. It respects the child's need to know what has happened in a way that is appropriate for his or her age. It discusses listening to children's thoughts and feelings and addressing common misperceptions. There is an excellent quick reference crisis section at the end of the book that clearly outlines various kinds of deaths, suggestions as to how to explain them to children in different age groups, and how to prepare them for what comes next. This is an excellent book to guide parents whose own grief may be interfering with their thinking about how to help their children. As a grief counselor at the Barr-Harris Children's Grief Center, I highly recommend it.

This book has excellent information about what children at each stage of development are likely to think and feel about the death of someone close to them. However, the suggested ways of dealing with those feelings were somewhat limited, and allowed little flexibility for differing family circumstances. For example, the book is extremely critical of ways religious families may choose to explain death to children, claiming that many religiously based explanations may lead a child to believe the person may be coming back someday. The book also asserts that a closed casket is the ultimate form of denial of the death, and that even young children should attend funerals. Many recommendations, like the three mentioned above, might or might not be right for a family trying to cope with a death. Overall a good resource for understanding a child's possible perceptions, but not so good for determining how to address them.

This book has general but extensive informations on miscarraige.

I found this book helkpful because it contained a quick reference to what issues could have cuased the miscarriage and also a nice easy list of "myths" associated with miscarriage. I was concerned though becuase this book emphasizes D&C as a neccessary thing to do, and the information I've been getting (from doctors, books, and iternet legitimate sites) shows D&C to be one option that of course has pros and cons. This book only alloted two sentences to having the miscarriage happen naturally. And one ended with a suggestion for a D&C anyway. This book has some great features including a glossary and some poignant personal stories in the back which did describe a natural miscarriage in more depth than I'd read or heard anywhere else. For the price, it has some nice features, but it does not do an educated woman justice for this to be the only book you depend on. Also the book was originally written in 1996 . A second edition in 2001 is the most recent. Technology has hanged alot since then. Now there is also a pill that is another option a woman has that is of course not mentioned in the book.

One in Thirteen is a great mix between solid (and often scary) statistics and the voices of troubled teens, who often give their own opinions on what could be done to help them. I highly recommend it for anyone trying to find some of the root causes of the third highest killer in the nation.

This issues presented in this book -- feelings of isolation, anger and confusion among teens that too often result in suicides or attempted suicides -- are of the utmost importance in being able to effectively deal with teen depression, violence and suicide. Parents and counselors will find the statistics and anecdotes eye-opening. I only have a couple of quibbles: I wish the book had taken one chapter to talk about specific things individuals could do to combat teen suicide. Also, there were a few spelling and grammar errors.

In this fantastic follow up to Kids Are Worth It! author Barbara Colorosso discusses how parents can help their children cope with changes like deaths within the family, divorce, remarriage, illness, and disability. The book is peppered with inspiring quotes, humor, and personal stories.

The book gives great suggestions for parents to support their children through difficult times. The author uses what she calls the TAO of Family (Time, Affection and Optimism) as a guide for each of the subjects she discusses. She also reviews information on the three styles of families and the difference between discipline and punishment. She does expand on this by talking about restorative justice, which is very interesting. She does a good job of giving readers a sense of empowerment.

My one minor complaint about the book (in fact, this is the only thing that has kept me from giving it five stars) is that some of the material was repetitive. She looks at each issue from a developmental perspective. She even considers the impact on the unborn in some chapters, which is impressive (I wish she had done so in all chapters). But she could have done one chapter on developmental stages instead, because the impact is quite similar regardless of whether the specific issue is divorce or death. I can't fault her for restating the information about types of families from Kids are Worth It! because that information is so useful it bears restating, and not everyone who reads this book will have read the first one.

This book is most useful to parents dealing with specific crises. A good reference.

If New York City distributes "subway condoms" for free, the give-away will not encourage people to go out and have sex unlike ice skates which if they were given away for free, I would take up ice skating! The Catholic Church should back away from this matter for the sake of the HEALTH of human beings.

Professor emilie townes has written an important and often-overlooked book about African Americans and health care. She begins and ends her argument with scripture, and while scriptural references are not used throughout (indeed parts of the book have not religious content at all), the ideas of her chosen scripture passages give a foundation for the book. Prof. townes has a command of the US health system (with all its problems and solutions) and deftly shows how Black Americans are too often left out of the health equation altogether. More than just another doomsday version of everything we're doing wrong in America, Breaking the Fine Rain of Death gives us hope for the future and at times concrete ways to work toward healthier communities for all. In this, she truly offers an "ethic of care" upon which churches and religious leaders can build.

Written by a British social worker as a thesis, this book necessarily has an academic tone, but it remains valuable nonetheless. Birthmother grief and the lifelong implications of relinquishment are accurately portrayed through case studies and interviews. It's a valuable addition to adoption literature and useful for the serious student of birthmothers.

With the recent death of my former sister-in-law, my 7-year old nephew needs help dealing with, well, everything. He moved to a different town, started a different school, lives a different life all in addition to losing his mom.

Nobody in our large extended family knew how to deal with the whole concept of helping a grieving child. It just wasn't something we ever had to handle, thankfully.

Then I got this book. It's clearly written and provides actual ideas and approaches that we find working. We're helping my nephew get through some of the anger, internalizing, and just general sadness with the help of this book. It also explains a lot of what we see him doing - something we all needed with this foreign concept.

If you have a young one who needs this kind of help, this book is money well spent.