Synopsis

This unit asks the reader to consider the experience of grief and bereavement and in particular the extent to which grieving people need professional help. The unit considers the evidence for the effects of grief and the extent to which current ways of responding are helpful.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Learning outcomes
1 Expectations and administrative pressures
2 Terminology: patients or people?
3 Problems with quantification
4 Power: the medical gaze and the management of risk
Next steps
References
Acknowledgements

 

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