SIDS & infant death survival guide
Subtitle: information & comfort for grieving family & friends & professionals who seek to help them
By: Joani Nelson Horchler & Robin Rice ; foreword by the late Lloyd Bridges ; introduction by Henry F. Krous
Contributors: Morris, Robin Rice, 1962-
Edition: 4th ed., rev. and upd.
Publisher: SIDS Educational Services
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cheverly, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780964121805
Subjects: Sudden infant death syndrome; Personal narratives; Psychological aspects; Bereavement; Children; Death
Other titles: SIDS and infant death survival guide
Notes: Revised edition of: SIDS & infant death survival guide. 3rd ed. rev. & updated, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-320).
Table of contents: title: 1. What everyone should know about SIDS and infant death. In memory of Samuel Yves Lyman Laigle / Sheri Laigle; title: Defining SIDS; title: What SIDS is and what SIDS is not / SUID/SIDS Resource Center; title: An expert's perspective on SIDS and other infant deaths / Rachel Y. Moon; title: Research breakthroughs give hope for diagnostic test / Joani Nelson Horchler; title: "Difficult" trends in statistics, and the debate on bed-sharing / Joani Nelson Horchler; title: Consider the numbers / Robin Rice; title: SIDS then and now: a personal and political history / Carrie Griffin Sheehan; title: 2. The nightmare begins. A mental replay of Thursday, March 21, 1991 / Michelle Morgan Spady; title: The day begins / Janice John Roper; title: On that dreadful day / Candace N. Herkins-Jones; title: Baby Ben / Lynne S.H. Javier; title: Empty arms / Stacy Parks; title: Untitled / Abraham Lincoln; title: The sitting time / Joe Digman; title: 3. "Coulda, woulda, shoulda": dealing with guilt and anger. Grief's healing rage / Nancy Purcell; title: Sharing of tragedy lessens the pain / Kelley Trost; title: To the man upstairs / Joani Nelson Horchler; title: How can therapy help with guilt? / Patricia W. Dietz; title: The women in my family / Margaret Polizos; title: Grasping at straws to blame ourselves / Joani Nelson Horchler; title: All that is left / Janice John Roper; title: 4. "Why my baby? Why me?". Footprints / Anonymous; title: One point of view / Jay Lamb; title: "Why? Why me?" / Richard A. Watson; title: A Jewish perspective on "Why?" / Marjorie Romanoff; title: A grandmother asks, "Why?" / Millie Lutz; title: When you don't believe in a God / Ned Balzer; title: How faith helps us / Jeannie Nelson; title: For anyone who has lost a child / Margaret Lee Dove-Hedges; title: SIDS / Désirée Spencer Stamps; title: 5. Fathers: the "second-class" grievers. The unique burden of fathers / Bob Shaw; title: The missing person / An interview with Pete Petit of Healthdyne; title: 89 days of sunshine / Jonathon L. Andell; title: An awesome dream / Chuck Dohrman; title: My would-be perfect family / Robert Lopez; title: Surviving a bereaved wife / Gabriel F. Horchler; title: Always in my heart / Marta Brown.; title: 6. Children grieving children. Amy, Amy / Michael Purcell, age 5; title: Missing someone I never knew / Lindsey Hosford, age 11; title: A spring death / Ilona Horchler, age 14; title: Sister / Jon Mihalko, age 11; title: He should have been my best man / An interview with Curtis Schweitzer; title: Helping siblings cope with death / Kee Schuth Marshall; title: Bless his soul / Jennifer Wingfield, age 13; title: Sadness in May / Gabrielle Christine Horchler, age 9; title: How we helped our children and how they helped us / Joani Nelson Horchler; title: What Mister Rogers has to say / An interview with Hedda Sharapan; title: For my baby sister Stephanie / Tony Paik, age 5; title: 7. Grandparents: a grief doubled. Oh, for the purely material losses / Dora Nagy Horchler; title: AGAST: an alliance for grandparents / Sandra R. Graben; title: The double hurt of grandparents / Beverly Powell; title: A letter from Grandma Nelson / Doris Guhin Nelson; title: Sweet memories of Jacob Barlow Kruse / Christine Fackler Salemi; title: Forgive me, my daughter / Jean Andre; title: 8. When a baby dies at the child-care provider's. SIDS in child care / Rachel Y. Moon; title: As child-care providers, it's our baby, too / Donna Shelton; title: A parent's perspective / Jennifer McBride; title: Only the sitter? / Donna Allen; title: 9. How to be a friend to a SIDS or infant death survivor. The dos and don'ts of helping a survivor / Joani Nelson Horchler; title: A friend's memory of William Kendal Herrera / Renee Scolaro; title: Letter from a friend / Cheryl Lambson; title: Untitled / Oscar Wilde; title: A comforting note from friends in England / Philip, Diana, and Patrick Beddows; title: Befriending the grieving / Robin Rice; title: Just say, "I'm sorry" / Gail Fasolo.; title: 10. Planning a funeral and the role of the clergy. A Christian celebration of Christian / Father John J. Hurley, Jr.; title: William David Waugh / Fern Stanley; title: A funeral director's personal experience with SIDS / Sondra L. Held; title: Planning a special funeral / Joani Nelson Horchler; title: Eulogy for Margaret Hood Schuth: a gift from her mother / Kee Schuth Marshall; title: Obituary of Christian Horchler / Josette Shiner; title: Selecting the right funeral home / Ray Visotski; title: 11. Learning to live again. "How many children do you have?" / Joani Nelson Horchler; title: The glass half full / William C. Ermatinger; title: Going out into the world again / Carla Hosford; title: How I survived my baby's death / Joani Nelson Horchler; title: A letter to Michael / Liz Waller; title: A prayer for spring / Janis Heil; title: Moving beyond the sudden death of a child / Regina A. Rochford; title: 12. Happy birthday? Merry Christmas? Missing Danny at the beach / Janice John Roper; title: Surviving anniversaries and holidays / Shelley A. LeDroux; title: Kathy's day / William C. Ermatinger; title: Marking the milestones when you have lost your only child / Michelle Morgan Spady; title: Portraits for Easter / Cheryl Radich; title: 13. Peer contact and professional help. A peer contact answers the question: "Are you still doing that?" / Debbie Gemmill; title: Untitled / H. Thurman; title: A SIDS parent counseling SIDS survivors / Carla Hosford; title: Finding friends among other SIDS families / Nancy Maruyama; title: Home visits by public health nurses / Linda Esposito; title: Hitting it off with a counselor / An interview with Mike Hitch; title: My lifeline / An interview with Gwen Robinson; title: 14. Emergency medical responders and the authorities. Dos and don'ts for emergency responders / Kerry Day; title: When emergency responders lose their own baby / Michelle Grogan; title: SIDS and the homicide detective / An interview with J. Richard Salen and Steve Kerpelman; title: How not to treat a SIDS survivor / Darlene Buth; title: The "suspicious" loss of twins / Joani Nelson Horchler; title: The role of the medical examiner / John E. Smialek.; title: 15. A subsequent baby and the question of home monitoring. Thoughrts on a subsequent pregnancy / Sheri Laigle; title: Another baby with dark brown eyes / Kandace DeCaro; title: Celine / Marie-Pascale Hill; title: Room for more angels / Deneena Herrera; title: The haunting memory of SIDS / Jennifer Wilkinson; title: Forever in our hearts / Nick Missos; title: A clinical view of monitoring / Robert Meny; title: Tips for home monitoring / An interview with Barb Follett of Kirson Medical Equipment Company; title: When you've lost your only boy or only girl / Joani Nelson Horchler; title: 16. Guilt and risk reduction. Against all odds / Chris Brink; title: For a subsequent child: reducing the risks as much as possible / John L. Carroll and Ellen S. Siska; title: 17. Dreams and premonitions. The effect of premonitions of SIDS on grieving and healing / Patricia Christenson, Richard Hardoin, Judith Henslee, Frederick Mandell, Melvin Morse, Carrie Griffin Sheehan; title: 18. Moving forward. Life after SIDS: what is possible? / M. John O'Brien; title: Twenty-four years later: the Arlette Schweitzer story / Joani Nelson Horchler; title: How therapy can help us move forward / Patricia W. Dietz; title: Letter to Justin / Norine Blanton; title: Letter to Michelle Elizabeth Dickerson / Denise Michelle Dickerson; title: Letter from my child / Dolly Guess-Colvin; title: Thirty years later, a look at Peter's gifts / An interview with George Keeler and Kay Keeler; title: Moving forward by raising money to fight SIDS / An interview with Susan Hollander of the CJ Foundation for SIDS; title: Do not stand at my grave and weep / Author unknown; title: The sailing ship / Author unknown; title: Rise up slowly, angel / Diane Robertson; title: From Juliet's speech / William Shakespeare; title: 19. More stories and poems. Eleven days / by Peggy Biebel; title: Trevor's secret / Lori R. Dickey; title: Thank you to our son / Gerardo Orozco; title: A face in the clouds / Leyna Rose Figliozzi; title: A poem from Grandma Joni / Joni Sterkel; title: Appendix: National and international organizations that provide information, counseling, research data, and grants on SIDS and related topics.