Families Bereaved by Alcohol or Drugs

Research on Experiences, Coping and Support
Herausgeber: Valentine, Christine

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Individuals bereaved by the drug- or alcohol-related death of a family member represent a sizeable group worldwide. Families Bereaved by Alcohol or Drugs is the long-awaited result of an important and ambitious research project into the experiences commonly encountered by members of this stigmatized and vulnerable group.

Produktdetails

• Explorations in Mental Health
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 342g
• ISBN-13: 9780367178659
• ISBN-10: 0367178656
• Artikelnr.: 55077519

Autorenporträt

Dr Christine Valentine is a Research Fellow and member of the Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath. She is a founding member of the Association for the Study of Death and Society. Christine has published widely on the social and cultural shaping of bereavement in Britain and Japan, on funeral welfare systems for people on low income both nationally and internationally, and on funeral directing in the 21st century. She was the lead researcher for the ESRC-funded research on which the present book is based.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Introduction Part 1: Coping 1. Families Living with and Bereaved
by Substance Use 2. The Impact of a Substance-related Death 3. Managing
Stigma 4. Remembering a Life that Involved Substance Use 5. The Diversity
of Bereavement through Substance Use Part 2: Support 6. Dealing with
Substance-related Deaths 7. Improving the Response of Services 8.
Conclusion