Perspectives on loss and trauma: Assaults on the self

An introductory text to this broad interdisciplinary field by one of its leading exponents. Where most texts concentrate on one specific area, such as death and dying or stress and coping, this work covers the diversity of loss events in a single volume. Topics covered include: death and dying; disease and injuries; war and violence; divorce and dissolution; unemployment and homelessness; the Holocaust and genocide. 316 pages.