Widow to widow : how the bereaved help one another / / Phyllis R. Silverman

• Autore: Silverman Phyllis R
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Brunner-Routledge, 2004
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.88
• Soggetto topico: Widows - United States; Widows - United States - Psychology; Bereavement; Self-help groups - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Theoretical perspectives on grief and helping -- Widows and widowers : gender differences -- Grief as a time of loss and change : the nature of transition -- Help in a mutual help context -- On helping -- Could this really be happening to me? -- Uncertainty : what will happen next? -- Looking to the future : the fruits of help -- Parenting alone : widowed with dependent children -- The older widowed.
• Sommario/riassunto: Widow to Widow shares the experiences of widows who have found comfort and continuity in mutual-help and community support programs. In the second edition of her pioneering text, Phyllis Silverman brings the success of the original widow-to-widow program into the 21st century, preparing a new generation of community leaders, clergy, counselors, hospice staff, social workers, and the widowed themselves to organize and implement mutual-help programs.
• Titolo autorizzato: Widow to widow
• ISBN: 1-135-93780-X; 1-55561-226-1; 1-135-93781-8; 1-280-11180-1; 0-203-02097-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813167203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Series in death, dying, and bereavement.