Title: On children and death /
Authors: Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth.
Publisher: Macmillan,
Year: 1983
Subjects: Children Death Psychological aspects; Terminally ill children Psychology.; Parent and child.; Children and death.; Attitude to Death; Death; Grief; Parent-Child Relations; Child; Infant
Abstract: The distinguished thanatologist explains how parents and relatives of terminally ill children can cope with the physical, emotional and psychological crises of death, discussing fear, grief, the hospice movement, and other significant concerns.
Contents: Letter to bereaved parents -- Beginnings of life -- Sudden death -- Head injuries and coma -- Natural way to prepare children for life -- Loss as a catalyst for growth and understanding -- Missing and murdered children and childhood suicide -- Alternative treatments: visualization -- Children's inner knowledge of death and their symbolic language -- How can friends help? -- Letting go -- Funerals -- Spiritual aspects of the work with dying children -- Resources: groups and support systems.