Description
Foreword. Guide to the book. Chapter 1: The Humberside studies and 'Iceberg'. Chapter 2: Change and losses in the cultural context. Chapter 3: The 'traditional' models of loss. Chapter 4: Schema theory and the importance of language. Chapter 5: Childhood bereavement and its effects. Chapter 6: How schools help. Chapter 7: Children's understanding and interest of death. Chapter 8: The background to 'Iceberg'. Chapter 9: Introduction to the results. Chapter 10: The first reactions to the death. Chapter 11: The chapel of rest and the funeral. Chapter 12: The return to school. Chapter 13: The isolation of the 'Iceberg' volunteers. Chapter 14: The 'Iceberg' volunteers' feelings over the two year period after the death of their parents. Chapter 15: The medium and long-term effects of the death of their parents on the 'Iceberg' volunteers. Chapter 16: The age at which volunteers gained an idea of death. Chapter 17: Different types of loss. Chapter 18: The experience of death by the 'Iceberg' volunteers. Chapter 19: The 'Iceberg' lessons that could help bereaved children. Appendix 1: The research questions. Appendix 2: Interview sheet: pupils. Appendix 3: Interview sheet: parents. References. Index.