Bereavement: Studies of Grief in Adult Life, Fourth Edition

Bereavement provides guidance on preparing for the loss of a loved one, and coping once they have gone. Long recognised as the most authoritative work of its kind, this new edition is revised to take into account recent findings in the US and UK.

Author: Colin Murray Parkes, Holly G. Prigerson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 08/27/2009
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780415451185

About the Author

Colin Murray Parkes is Consultant psychiatrist Emeritus at St Christopher's Hospice and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist to the Royal London Hospital and the Tavistock Clinic, London. He is Life President of Cruse Bereavement Care and in 1996 was awarded an OBE for services to bereaved people.

Holly Prigerson is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and Director, Centre for Psycho-oncology & Palliative Care Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA.