"Combining an authoritative research-based orientation with a critical yet human approach to this sensitive topic, the book aids midwives in providing effective care and support to those who experience loss. This book will be of interest to both practising and student midwives a…
"Combining an authoritative research-based orientation with a critical yet human approach to this sensitive topic, the book aids midwives in providing effective care and support to those who experience loss. This book will be of interest to both practising and student midwives a…
'The Inspiration of Hope in Bereavement Counselling stimulates the reflective practitioner to a multitude of questions ... [It] speaks directly to the need for bereavement counsellors to attend to their own hope ... John [Cutcliffe] has moved us beyond simply ''hope as an outcom…
"This book brings together empirical research and theoretical thinking on hope to give practical guidance to professionals working with the bereaved. John R. Cutcliffe takes into account evidence-based practice, describing not only what we know about the role played by hope, but…
'The Inspiration of Hope in Bereavement Counselling stimulates the reflective practitioner to a multitude of questions ... [It] speaks directly to the need for bereavement counsellors to attend to their own hope ... John [Cutcliffe] has moved us beyond simply ''hope as an outcom…
During the nineteenth century, the American Civil War destroyed the ideal of the good death that permeated throughout the general public. The hope for death at home with family around to hear the deceased’s last words soon was replaced with the soldiers dying alone with stranger…
This thesis examines the eulogies delivered after the death of George Washington in 1799, identifying themes in the texts and motivations of the authors. The death of the first president occurred during a series of national and international events that challenged the procedures…
Within the field of public history, memory has become a topic of increasing importance in recent years. Monuments dedicated to the Confederacy have become highly contested and have caused many to call into question the kind of history they represent and how we remember history o…
Psalm 88’s unmitigated cry of anguish, despair, and abandonment has presented a unique theological problem for commentators. From a form critical perspective, the psalm’s most distinctive feature is the absence of a closing vow of praise or certainty of hearing that is a definin…
Grieving Beyond Gender: Understanding the Ways Men and Women Mourn is a revision of Men Don't Cry, Women Do: Transcending Gender Stereotypes of Grief. In this work, Doka and Martin elaborate on their conceptual model of "styles or patterns of grieving"--A model that has generate…
In the aftermath of Argentina’s last dictatorship (1976-1983), the organisations created by the relatives of the disappeared deployed the trope of a ‘wounded family’. The unspoken rule was that only those related by blood to the missing were entitled to ask for justice. This the…
The authors challenge theories that put the body at the centre of identity, going 'beyond the body' to highlight the persistence of self-identity even when the body itself has been disposed of or is missing.
