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A special scar : the experience of people bereaved by suicide / Alison Wertheimer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Routledge, 2001.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 296p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780415220262 (hbk.) :
  • 9780415220279 (pbk.) :
  • 0415220270 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.2830941 WER
LOC classification:
  • BF575.G7
Contents:
Part 1 Introduction: suicide - an introduction; survivors of suicide. Part 2 Aspects of suicide bereavement; meeting the survivors; when the suicide happens; looking back; why did it happen?; the search for understanding; the inquest; funerals; facing suicide as a family; the impact of suicide on individual family members; facing the world; looking for support; facing the feelings; finding a way through; meeting the needs of survivors; groups for people bereaved by suicide; counselling people bereaved by suicide; relevant organisations; the people interviewed for the book.
Summary: Designed to appeal to a wide general as well as a professional readership, this work looks at the stigma surrounding suicide and offers practical help for survivors, relatives and friends of people who have taken their own life.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Positive Living 362.2830941 WER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 208966

Previous ed.: London : Routledge, 1991.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1 Introduction: suicide - an introduction; survivors of suicide. Part 2 Aspects of suicide bereavement; meeting the survivors; when the suicide happens; looking back; why did it happen?; the search for understanding; the inquest; funerals; facing suicide as a family; the impact of suicide on individual family members; facing the world; looking for support; facing the feelings; finding a way through; meeting the needs of survivors; groups for people bereaved by suicide; counselling people bereaved by suicide; relevant organisations; the people interviewed for the book.

Designed to appeal to a wide general as well as a professional readership, this work looks at the stigma surrounding suicide and offers practical help for survivors, relatives and friends of people who have taken their own life.

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