Stories
- Article
How we bury our children
Following her baby daughter’s funeral, Wendy Pratt found that visiting the grave gave her a way to carry out physical acts of caring for her child. Here she considers how parents’ nurturing instincts live on after a child’s death.
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Providing care across languages
When medics are taught in English but their patients speak other languages, effective communication becomes fraught. Niyoshi Shah explores the linguistic gaps between patient and doctor.
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Living in limbo when a loved one is missing
When someone goes missing, loved ones are thrown into a state akin to constant grieving; waiting for news, living in hope. Novelist Bev Thomas describes how they try to cope and carry on.
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Celebrating our soft toys
After cuddling a teddy bear cured her insomnia, Elspeth Wilson was inspired to speak to four other autistic and disabled adults, who praise the roles soft toys play in their lives.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Bereavement
Date: 1970s-1988Reference: SA/MIN/B/11Part of: Mind (The Mental Health Charity): archives- Archives and manuscripts
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`Bereavement'
Date: Sep 1976Reference: PP/BOW/F.5/6Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)- Books
Bereavement / Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Date: [1992?]- Books
Bereavement : support after a death / Age UK.
Date: 2014- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
'Bereavement in adults and children: some problems'
Date: 1968Reference: PP/BOW/F.3/64Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)