Living With Grief: Coping with Public Tragedy
Living With Grief: Coping With Public Tragedy looks at factors that define a public tragedy and offers suggestions for those helping their communities deal with loss.
"When we select a topic for each year’s teleconference and accompanying book, a key consideration is how we can help hospices broaden their community outreach. I believe that hospice has many contributions to make to a community, primarily as the basic resource for bereavement counseling, but also as a major influence in increasing patient autonomy in the health system. This year’s topic, Living with Grief: Coping with Public Tragedy, also is designed to give local hospices an opportunity to make known their capabilities in helping their communities when terrible events occur."
--Jack D. Gordon, Chairman and CEO, HFA
Topics Covered:
Part I. Dimensions of Public Tragedy
- What Makes a Tragedy Public? Kenneth J. Doka
- 9/11: A Grief Therapist's Journal Sherry R. Schachter
- Hurricane Andrew Rick Eyerdam
- Looking Back at Columbine Larry Beresford
- When a Public Figure Dies William M. Lamers
Part II. Responses to Public Tragedy
- Loss, Grief, and Trauma in Public Tragedy Charles A. Corr
- Effects of Public Tragedy on First Responders Dana G. Cable & Terry L. Martin
- Public Grief and the News Media Paul R. Dolan
- Different Faiths, Different Perceptions of Public Tragedy Janice Harris Lord, Melissa Hook & Sharon English
- Funeral Directors and Public Tragedy Elizabeth Bradley & LaVone Hazell
Part III. Coping with Public Tragedy
- Critical Incident Stress Management and Other Crisis Counseling Approaches Louis A. Gamino
- Talking to Children about Terrorism Linda Goldman
- Schools, Children and Public Tragedy Barbara L. Bouton
- Meaning Making in the Wake of Public Tragedy David A. Thompson & Edward J. Holland
- Memorialization, Ritual and Public Tragedy Kenneth J. Doka
- A Healing Ritual at Yankee Stadium David Benke
- Public Tragedy and the Arts Sandra Bertman
- Victim Advocacy in the Aftermath of Tragedy Marlene A. Young
- Lessons from Combat Veterans (PDF) Alfonso R. Batres
- Workplace Interventions Rachel E. Kaul
- Public Tragedy and Complicated Mourning Therese A. Rando
Part IV. The Role of Hospice in Public Tragedy
- Collaborating with Relief Agencies: A Guide for Hospice Nadine Reimer Penner
- Hospice: A Resource in Community Tragedies Marcia Lattanzi-Licht
Other Courses Offered
- Engaging Faith Communities in End-of-Life Care
- Living With Grief: Children and Adolescents
- Living With Grief: Before and After the Death
- Pain Management at the End of Life: Bridging the Gap Between Knowledge and Practice
- Living With Grief: Ethical Dilemmas at the End of Life
- Living With Grief: Alzheimer's Disease
- Living With Grief: Loss in Later Life
- Caregiving and Loss: Family Needs, Professional Responses
- Living With Grief: At Work, At School, At Worship
- Living With Grief: Who We Are, How We Grieve
- Living With Grief: When Illness is Prolonged
- Living With Grief:
After Sudden Loss
