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In this volume, David K. Switzer presents a clear, illustrative and practical manual for pastoral caregivers which covers the entire range of pastoral care emergencies typically faced by clergy, pastoral counselors, and lay caregivers. The chapters deal with issues such as situational crises, hospital emergencies, ministry to the dying, bereavement, suicide, divorce, domestic violence, substance...

Bereavement following a Suicide A family member has actually killed himself or herself. Family reactions will be some combination of those of any grief, as well as the variety of responses which have just been referred to as following a suicide attempt. Research has indicated that most families who have had a member kill himself or herself, in comparison with families where the death has been from other causes, exhibit a higher degree of anger, guilt, and their own suicidal feelings (Stone, 1972,
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