Give Sorrow Words : Working with a Dying Child / Dorothy Judd.

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COVER; Dedication Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Foreword to third edition; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the third edition; Introduction to third edition; Note on conventions; Part One: Framework; Chapter One: The death of a child; Chapter Two: Children's attitudes to death; Chapter Three: The dying child's awareness of death; Chapter Four: Should we talk to children about death?; Chapter Five: The stages of emotional reactions to life-threatening illness; Chapter Six: Support available.

Part Two: Robert, aged 7-and-a-halfChapter Seven: Diary of my work with Robert over 3 months; Chapter Eight: Postscript; Chapter Nine: Brief retrospective analysis; Part Three: Survival or death; Chapter Ten: Prolonging dying?; Chapter Eleven: Those who survive; Chapter Twelve: After the death of a child; Epilogue; Appendix I: Analysis of Robert's drawings; Appendix II: Extracts from the Nuremberg Code (1947); Appendix III: Note on Isabel Menzies Lyth's 'The functioning of social systems as a defence against anxiety' (1959); Glossary; Useful addresses; References; Index.

Though there has been much written about dying and bereavement in recent years, the particular stress of terminal illness in childhood - as it affects both the families and the professionals - is only beginning to be better understood. In this book Dorothy Judd, a child psychotherapist who has worked with ill, disabled and dying children and adolescents for many years, places her clinical experience in the context of a full understanding of death, the moral and ethical issues raised by some of the treatments for life-threatening illness, and the current research into new developments in approa.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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