‘It's like being a member of a club I didn't want to join’: Reflections on a support group for bereaved dads
| Autor: | Tim Whitworth PgDIP, Kerry Davies Ba Ma, Marie Murray |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Advanced and Specialized Nursing
Value (ethics) 060101 anthropology Health (social science) Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject medicine.medical_treatment Context (language use) 06 humanities and the arts Peer support Support group 03 medical and health sciences 030502 gerontology Nothing medicine 0601 history and archaeology Grief Meaning (existential) Club 0305 other medical science Psychology Gerontology Social psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Bereavement Care. 34:92-98 |
| ISSN: | 1944-8279 0268-2621 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02682621.2015.1108546 |
| Popis: | We know very little about dads’ experiences of grief, and still less about the efficacy and impact of groups specifically set up to support them. This article is one attempt to address these gaps in knowledge and understanding, through consideration of a dads’ group at Helen & Douglas House hospice. Lengthy extracts from a facilitated group discussion in which members of the group reflect on its meaning and value are included. Context is also offered on the group itself, as are initial thoughts on significance and wider applicability. Through this article, we offer a different perspective on dads’ grief and on groups for bereaved dads. The dads themselves powerfully articulate the extreme nature of their losses, explaining ‘nothing can solve the problem.’ On the other hand, they also stress that, within this context, the tiny improvements they feel and experience make coming to the group worthwhile and important. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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