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Counseling the Terminally Ill
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Carey, Raymond G. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1976
This article briefly describes the Living With Death Program (a counseling service that helps terminally ill patients adjust), highlights some of the research findings of the program, and suggests an approach to counseling the terminally ill. (Author/HMV)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Counseling, Counseling Services, Crisis Intervention
Interpersonal Methods for Coping with Stress: Helping Families of Dying Children
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Heller, D. Brian; Schneider, Carl D. – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1978
An attempt to establish a self-help network based on shared peer-counseling for families of dying children in a Midwest teaching hospital is described and evaluated. Structure of the group meeting is delineated in terms of environment, didactic presentations, and practices of peer-counseling. (Author)
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Death, Emotional Adjustment, Family Counseling
The Use of Group Sessions for the Emotional Support of Families of Terminal Patients
Kopel, Kenneth; Mock, Lou Ann – Death Education, 1978
To meet the need for emotional support for family members of terminal patients, a weekly group session was established on a cancer unit. The group has allowed family members to share fears, concerns, and doubts as well as receive support from other individuals experiencing similar traumatic situations. (Author)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Crisis Intervention, Death, Emotional Adjustment
The SHANTI Project: A Community Model
Garfield, Charles A.; Clark, Rachel Ogren – Death Education, 1978
The goals of the SHANTI Project are: To offer direct community services consisting of counseling and companionship for patients and families and grief counseling for survivors of a death; to provide professional training and public education; and to conduct substantive research to evaluate the project. Case material is presented. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Services, Crisis Intervention, Death, Emotional Adjustment
Perinatal Mortality Counseling Program For Families Who Experience a Stillbirth.
Kellner, Kenneth R.; And Others – Death Education, 1981
Discusses the emotional impact of a stillbirth on a family. The Perinatal Mortality Counseling Program (PMCP) at Shands Teaching Hospital, Gainesville, Florida, provides crisis intervention and support for these families, as well as serving a research function. Outlines the program, including its history, composition, procedures, and research.…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Crisis Intervention, Death, Emotional Problems
Toward Dignity in Care: An In-Service Model
Nash, Mary L.; And Others – Death Education, 1977
How can the dignity or well being of people in the terminal phase of their lives be fostered? A short-term educational program model was developed to assist a group of personnel (N=83) in a hospital for the chronically ill to become more responsive to this challenge. (Author)
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Crisis Intervention, Death, Helping Relationship
Answering the Cry for Help.
Hengstenberg, James D.; Lennox, Carolyn – 1982
This pamphlet, produced by the Suicide and Crisis Center (SCC) of Dallas, Texas, presents information about suicide and describes several SCC programs in six brief sections. The extent of the suicide problem is discussed, and indicators of suicidal intent are described; factors affecting suicidal people, such as emotional turmoil, constricted…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Coping, Counseling Services, Counseling Techniques