The shame of death, grief, and trauma
By: [edited by] Jeffrey Kauffman.
Contributors: Kauffman, Jeffrey.
Publisher: Brunner-Routledge; Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780415997485
Subjects: Shame; Bereavement; Death
Description: This work presents a collection of unique and insightfulessays sharing the common theme that shame is the central psychological and moral force in understanding death and mourning.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: On the primacy of shame / Jeffrey Kauffman; title: Side by side / Shelley Costa; title: Between shame, death, and mourning : the predispositional role of early attachments and the sense of self / Vic Shermer; title: Combat, combat stress injuries, and shame / Charles R. Figley, David L. Albright, and Kathleen Regan Figley; title: Healing the narcissistic injury of death in the context of western society / Darcy Harris; title: Shame : a hospice worker's reflections / Alex Tyree; title: Shame and death in cultural context / Paul Rosenblatt; title: Mask of shame, mask of death : some reflections on the shame of death / Hilary Clark; title: Using the representation of grief and shame in contemporary literature and film to train mental health professionals.