"The book is well organized, well detailed, and well referenced; it is an invaluable sourcebook for researchers and clinicians working in the area of bereavement. For those with limited knowledge about bereavement, this volume provides an excellent introduction to the field and should be of use to students as well as to professionals," states Contemporary Psychology. The Lancet comments that this book "makes good and compelling reading....It was mandated to address three questions: what is known about the health consequences of bereavement; what further research would be important and promising; and whether there are preventive interventions that should either be widely adopted or further tested to evaluate their efficacy. The writers have fulfilled this mandate well."

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Front Matter
• Front Matter
• Front Matter
• 1 Introduction
• Introduction
• Introduction
• Introduction
• Part I. Bereavement: Reactions and Consequences
• Epidemiologic Perspectives on the Health Consequences of Bereavement
• Epidemiologic Perspectives on the Health Consequences of Bereavement
• Epidemiologic Perspectives on the Health Consequences of Bereavement
• 2 Epidemiologic Perspectives on the Health Consequences of Bereavement
• Adults' Reactions to Bereavement
• Adults Reactions to Bereavement
• Adults Reactions to Bereavement
• 3 Adults
• Reactions to Particular Types of Bereavement
• Reactions to Particular Types of Bereavement
• Reactions to Particular Types of Bereavement
• 4 Reactions to Particular Types of Bereavement
• Bereavement During Childhood and Adolescence
• Bereavement During Childhood and Adolescence
• Bereavement During Childhood and Adolescence
• 5 Bereavement During Childhood and Adolescence
• Toward a Biology of Grieving
• Toward a Biology of Grieving
• Toward a Biology of Grieving
• Part II. Perspectives on Bereavement
• Monkeys' Responses to Separation and Loss
• Monkeys Responses to Separation and Loss
• Monkeys Responses to Separation and Loss
• 6 Toward a Biology of Grieving
• Sociocultural Influences
• Sociocultural Influences
• Sociocultural Influences
• 7 Monkeys
• Roles of Health Professionals and Institutions
• Roles of Health Professionals and Institutions
• Roles of Health Professionals and Institutions
• 8 Sociocultural Influences
• Bereavement Intervention Programs
• Bereavement Intervention Programs
• Bereavement Intervention Programs
• Part III. Assisting the Bereaved
• Conclusions and Recommendations
• Conclusions and Recommendations
• Conclusions and Recommendations
• 9 Roles of Health Professionals and Institutions
• Subject Index
• Subject Index
• Subject Index
• 10 Bereavement Intervention Programs
• 11 Conclusions and Recommendations
• Index

About the Author
Committee for the Study of Health Consequences of the Stress of Bereavement


Book Information
ISBN 9780309034388
Author Institute of Medicine
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint National Academies Press
Publisher National Academies Press