Bridges, Ruth
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1354-4344
(2017)
Grieving for myself: the silence and spirituality of personal loss.
In: Gubi, Peter Madsen, (ed.)
What counsellors and spiritual directors can learn from each other: ethical practice, training and supervision.
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London, UK, pp. 103-119.
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Abstract
This chapter began 25 years ago in the intensive care unit of a small general hospital in the North West of England. I was 23, recovering from an emergency hysterectomy as a complication of childbirth, and I was in shock. I was also learning, although I did not realise it at the time, how to listen to the pain, loss and grief of others. Illness presents a uniquely intimate experience of loss, and facing death through illness is a uniquely intimate experience of grief. This chapter considers those for whom a diagnosis of significant or life-threatening illness has provoked a sharp realisation of their mortality and who, thereafter, live with an acutely conscious awareness of their dying.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| ISBN: | 9781785920257 |
| Departments: | Academic Departments > Nursing, Health & Professional Practice (NHPP) |
| Additional Information: | Chapter 6 within book. |
| Depositing User: | Anna Lupton |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Feb 2019 12:41 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Jan 2024 16:46 |
| URI: | https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/4509 |
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