Healing Children's Grief


Surviving a Parent's Death from Cancer

Table of Contents

1. Mother and 3-Year-Old Daughter
 Diagnosis and Treatment
Terminal Stage
Death and Family Rituals
Bereavement and Reconstitution
Cascade of Events
Conclusion
2. Childhood Bereavement Studies
 Evolving Bereavement Models
Traumadc Stress
Studies of Bereaved Children
Traumatic and Anticipated Death and Divorce
Summary
3. Stages of the Illness and Child Development
 Psychosocial Stages of Cancer
Contribution of Development
Summary
4. Study Sample, Intervention, Bereavement Model, Methodology
 Sample
Intervenhon: Data Collection
Bereavement Outcome Model
Methods
5. Children 3-5 Years of Age: Themes
 Developmental Themes of Preschool Children
Patterns of Responses in Preschool Children
Recommendations for Professionals and Caregivers
6. Children 3-5 Years of Age: Narrative
 Mother and 4- and 7-Year~Old Daughters
7. Children 6-8 Years of Age: Themes
 Developmental Themes of Early School-Age Children
 Patterns of Responses in Early School-Age Children
 Recommendahons for Professionals and Caregivers
8. Children 6-8 Years of Age: Narratives
 Mother, 7-year-old son and 4-Year-Old Daughter
 Father and 7- and 20-Year-Old Daughters
Outcomes
Discussion
9. Children 9-11 Years of Age: Themes
 Developmental Themes of Later School-Age Children
 Patterns of Responses in Later School-Age Children
Recommendahons for Professionals and Caregivers
10. Children 9-11 Years of Age: Narratives
 Father and 10-Year-Old Daughter
 Mother and Three Children, Aged 7, 10, and 11 Years
 Outcomes
 Discussion
11. Children 12-14 Years of Age: Themes
 Developmental Themes of Early Adolescence
 Patterns of Responses in Early Adolescence
 Recommendations for Professionals and Caregivers
12. Children 12-14 Years of Age: Narratives
 Father, 12-year-old girl and 15-Year-Old Boy
 Mother and 12-Year-Old Son
 Outcomes
 Discussion
13. Children 15-17 Years of Age: Themes
 Developmental Themes of Middle Adolescence
 Patterns of Responses in Middle Adolescence
 Recommendations for Professionals and Caregivers
14. Children 15-17 Years of Age: Narratives
 Father, 16- and 13-Year-Old Daughters and a 15-Year-Old Son
 Mother and 16-Year-Old Daughter
 Outcomes
 Discussion
15. Conclusion
 Mourning
 Outcome
 The Untold Stories
 Combining Qualitative and Quandtative Approaches
 Future Directions