Table of Contents

1: Kerry Bluglass: Resilience and its narrative
2: Max Watson: Resilience and the psychobiological base
3: Julie Stokes: Resilience and bereaved children
4: Talia Zaider and David Kissane: Resilient families
5: Sheila Payne: Resilient carers and caregivers
6: Joan Marston: Resilience and paediatric palliative care
7: Stefan Vanistendael: Resilience and spirituality
8: Adrian Tookman: Resilience and rehabilitation
9a: Linda Machin: Resilience and bereavement - part 1
9b: Phyllis Silverman: Resilience and bereavement - part 2
10: Malcolm Payne: Resilient multiprofessional teams
11a: Peter Speck: Resilient organisations - part 1
11b: Tim Jackson: Resilient organisations - part 2
12: Allan Kellehear and Barbara Young: Resilient communities
13: Stephen Regel: Resilience in trauma and disaster
14: Amanda Bingley and Liz McDermott: Resilience in resource-poor settings
15: Nigel Hartley: Resilience and creativity

About the Author

Barbara Monroe has been a social worker for over 30 years. She joined St Christopher's Hospice in London in 1987 and became Chief Executive in 2000. She is also Director of the Candle children's bereavement project and Chair of the National Childhood Bereavement Network. She is a member of the Commission on the Future of Volunteering and sits on the advisory group for the palliative care initiative of the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund. She has an honorary
senior lectureship at the University of Auckland. She is a well known lecturer and trainer and has written extensively about the psychosocial aspects of palliative care. David Oliviere trained at
Nottingham University in social administration and social work. With a background in psychiatric social work and management in the personal social services, David was involved with Pilgrim's Hospice, Canterbury, before joining the North London Hospice as Director of Social Work. Subsequently David worked as Community Care Advisor for Ethnic Minorities and Refugees, London Borough of Enfield, and more recently as Macmillan Principal Lecturer in Palliative Care at Middlesex University, whilst
practising at the Macmillan Support Team at Barnet Hospital. David also works as a couple counsellor outside of St Christopher's Hospice. He has lectured internationally.

Reviews

...a useful addition to the library shelves of anyone working in palliative care and could be used as a reference as well as to promote discussion among team members. Speech and Language Therapy in Practice ...well-written and easy to read and understand...I recommend this book as a must for all professionals engaged in palliative care, clinically and/or in teaching the subject. I do not know of any other book which deals exclusively and openly with resilience in palliative care... this book should have a place in every health and social care library. Christiane Banton, Sr Lecturer Palliative Care, University of Wolverhampton