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Give Sorrow Words
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 approaches to terminal illness. At the heart of the book is a very moving diary of Judd's work with Robert, a seven-year-old suffering from leukaemia. Judd's account of therapeutic work in the hospital setting, away from the privacy of the consulting room, will be of special interest to mental health professionals. Give Sorrow Words combines great sensitivity to the experience of terminal illness with an astute awareness of the more theoretical debates in this increasingly important area of research.
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Give Sorrow Words
Give Sorrow Words gives an overview of children’s attitudes toward death and considers the moral and ethical issues raised by treatments for life-threatening illnesses in children. In this new edition, available for the first time in the United States, Dorothy Judd draws on her increasing experiences with dying children and their parents to refine and clarify her work as presented in the earlier edition. This book helps readers to make sense out of the irreconcilable tension of embracing death as a part of life and accepting the death of a child. Through her work with Robert, a young boy dying of acute myeloblastic leukemia, Judd helps readers to see anew the need to reconcile the two tensions and to make the necessary decisions for medical care.
Contents
Foreword
Part One: Framework
The Death of a Child
Children’s Attitudes to Death
The Dying Child’s Awareness of Death
Should We Talk to Children About Death?
The Stages of Emotional Reactions to Life Threatening Illness
Support Available
Part Two: Robert, Aged 7-and-a-Half
Diary of My Work With Robert Over 3 Months
Postscript
Brief Retrospective Analysis
Part Three: Survival or Death
Prolonging Dying?
Those Who Survive
After the Death of a Child
Epilogue
Appendixes
Glossary
Useful Addresses
References
Index
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