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In the Face of Death: Professionals Who Care for the Dying and the Bereaved
Contributor(s): Papadatou, Danai (Author)
ISBN: 0826102565     ISBN-13: 9780826102560
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
OUR PRICE:   $75.05  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: April 2009
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Annotation: By shedding light upon our own responses in the face of serious illness, dying, and death, we can bring them out of the darkness, understand them, and seek alternative ways to accept them, own them, cope with and, occasionally, change them.

It is with such a goal that this book is written. It aims to explore the experiences of care providers who care for seriously ill, dying or bereaved children, adolescents or adults, and to offer a framework within which their responses can be addressed, understood and transformed.
The book focuses on three main themes:
The "Caring Relationship" which adopts an interpersonal perspective by focusing on the relationship between the care provider and the dying or grieving person
The "Care Provider" and the adoption of an intrapsychic approach, which addresses personal responses to death
"The Team" which adopts a systemic perspective, focusing on the organizational context within which care services are offered
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Terminal Care
- Social Science | Death & Dying
- Medical | Emergency Medicine
Dewey: 616.029
LCCN: 2008050933
Series: Springer Series on Death and Suicide
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.30 lbs) 360 pages
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

Occasionally I read a book and say to myself that this is a book that I wished I had written. This is such a book It is a delightful, practical, interesting, and inspiring book Danai has written a soon-to-be classic in the field Her writing is excellent Her use of theories, concepts, history, and models are wonderful --Illness, Crisis and Loss

Danai Papadatou√ presents] an approach of Relational Care, care based on an understanding of relationships, that should be essential reading√ . S]he writes in an engaging and non-technical language, and manages to convey complex ideas in a manner that is accessible to all.

--Colin Murray Parkes, OBE, MD, FRCPsych
President, Cruse: Bereavement Care
(From the Foreword)

A] wonderful contribution to the literature on caregiving and her well thought out ideas about relational caregiving are on the cutting edge. Congratulations.

-- Lynne Ann DeSpelder
CoAuthor, The Last Dance: Encountering Death and Dying, 8th edition

This is no ordinary academic textbook. It is nothing short of a masterpiece in which Papadatou provides the field of death, dying and bereavement with invaluable and constructive insights into the world of caring for the dying and bereaved.--Grief Matters

This is a fascinating book, applying important theoretical models√ in order to describe and speculate about how professionals manage to work in an environment where suffering and grief are constantly present. This is an important and substantial addition to the mostly self-help literature about self-care for caregivers.--Doody's Medical Reviews

In the Face of Death explores the experiences of health care professionals who care for the seriously ill, the dying, and the bereaved. In this book, Danai Papadatou offers a practical approach to caregiving, as well as a breadth and depth of insight into both the patient's and the caregiver's responses to death.

The author discusses the issues and challenges health care professionals face when treating dying and bereaved patients. Topics include: compassion fatigue, the inevitability of suffering and the potential for growth, suffering in the workplace, team functioning in death situations, and team resilience.

The main themes are:

  • The Caring Relationship focuses on the relationship between the care provider and the person who is dying or grieving, and proposes a new, relationship-based model of care
  • The Care Provider in Death Situations addresses the health professional's personal responses to death, using a model that illustrates the grieving process of the health professional
  • The Team in the Face of Death provides recommendations for effective, interdisciplinary care services that support dying or bereaved patients as well as the health care provider