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Love in the Present Tense : a Bereaved Mum's Story.

A mother shares insight on the positives and negatives of her young adult son's unsuccessful cancer treatment with a view to contributing to improving services for the patient and the family.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Praske, Nina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: St Albans : Critical Publishing, 2020.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half-title
  • Title page
  • Copyright information
  • Table of contents
  • Dedication
  • About the Author
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1 Not a misery memoir
  • Chapter 2 Reminiscences
  • Chapter 3 Calm before the storm
  • Chapter 4 Applied grief and bereavement theory
  • Chapter 5 Denial as a defence
  • Chapter 6 Treatment: the Skeleton
  • Chapter 7 Not waving but drowning
  • Chapter 8 Death
  • Chapter 9 God in the storm
  • Chapter 10 Our life rafts
  • Chapter 11 Margaret's speech
  • Chapter 12 Life after the flood
  • Chapter 13 Ghosts, dreams and reminders
  • Chapter 14 Survivors
  • Chapter 15 Avoidance
  • Chapter 16 Getting on with it
  • Chapter 17 An imagined shimmering life
  • Appendix 1: Sources of further support
  • Macmillan Cancer Care
  • Maggie Centres
  • Samaritans
  • The Compassionate Friends
  • Appendix 2: Critical reflections
  • For training providers
  • For practitioners
  • For extended family and friends
  • Appendix 3: A summary of learning points for professionals
  • References