On Children and Death » (Reprint)

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross earned a place as the best-loved and most-respected authority on the subjects of death and dying. Through her many books, as well as her years working with terminally ill children, AIDS patients, and the elderly, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross brought comfort and understanding to millions coping with their own deaths or the death of a loved one. Dr. Kübler-Ross, whose books have been translated into twenty-seven languages, passed away in 2004 at the age of seventy-eight. Before her death, she and David Kessler completed work on their second collaboration, On Grief and Grieving.

On Children and Death is a major addition to the classic works of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, whose On Death and Dying and Living with Death and Dying have been continuing sources of strength and solace for tens of millions of devoted readers worldwide. Based on a decade of working with dying children, this compassionate book offers the families of dead and dying children the help — and hope — they need to survive. In warm, simple language, Dr. Kübler-Ross speaks directly to the fears, doubts, anger, confusion, and anguish of parents confronting the terminal illness or sudden death of a child.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Reflections

1 Letter to Bereaved Parents

2 The Beginnings of Life

3 Sudden Death

4 Head Injuries and Coma

5 The Natural Way to Prepare Children for Life

6 Loss as a Catalyst for Growth and Understanding

7 Missing and Murdered Children and Childhood Suicide

8 Alternative Treatments: Visualization

9 Children's Inner Knowledge of Death and Their Symbolic Language

10 How Can Friends Help?

11 Letting Go

12 Funerals

13 Spiritual Aspects of the Work with Dying Children Bibliography

From the Shanti Nilaya Library