Life After a Death - A Study of the Elderly Widowed

First published in 1982, this title presents the results of a study of the experiences and attitudes of over 350 elderly widowed men and women, their GPs, relatives, friends, and neighbours, and considers the implications of the help the widowed received, or failed to receive, from those it was most likely that they would turn for support.

List of contents

Acknowledgements, 1. Introduction, 2. Caring for the spouse who died, 3. Information and discussion about the death, 4. Practical needs and circumstances in the early months of widowhood, 5. Health and the role of the general practitioner, 6. General practitioners' knowledge, perception, attitudes, and characteristics, 7. Emotional adjustment, loneliness, and their concomitants, 8. Isolation and the role of relatives and friends, 9. The impact on the familiars, 10. What can be done?, Appendices, Name index, Subject index

About the author

Ann Bowling and Ann Cartwright

Summary

First published in 1982, this title presents the results of a study of the experiences and attitudes of over 350 elderly widowed men and women, their GPs, relatives, friends, and neighbours, and considers the implications of the help the widowed received, or failed to receive, from those it was most likely that they would turn for support.

Product details

• Authors: Ann Bowling, Ann Cartwright Bowling, Bowling Ann, Ann Cartwright
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032715001
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3271500-1
• No. of pages: 262
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Aging
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; MEDICAL / Public Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, Nursing, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, MEDICAL / Nursing / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Adulthood & Aging, Personal & public health, Psychotherapy, Social Work, Psychology of ageing, Social issues & processes, Social and ethical issues, Personal and public health / health education