Life After A Death

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.

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