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Working with AIDS bereavement: a comprehensive approach for mental health providers

Working with AIDS bereavement: a comprehensive approach for mental health providers Correspondence to: Assoc. Professor Jeanette Ward, Director, Needs Assessment & Health Outcomes Unit, Central Sydney Area Health Service, Locked Bag 8, Newtown, NSW 2042 Fax: (02)9515 3334.Email: jward@nah.rpa.cs.nsw.gov.au Book Review Working with AIDS bereavement: a comprehensive approach for mental health providers By Peter B Goldblum and Sarah Erickson. Published by the AIDS Health Projwt, University of California San Francisco. 1999 of bereavement but not in the field of AIDS and those clinicians who want an integrated management plan for patients with AIDS bereavement. The information is accurate and up to date and gives an overview of the topic. The book is not comprehensive, but that is clearly not the aim and this is addressed to some extent by the up-to-date and extensive reference list. My major criticism of the information is that it is overly focused on the US experience and on the gay, white, well educated, male population. In addition the authors are clearly pushing their own treatment model ie the UCSF Integrated Therapy Model without much comparision to other models and some readers might find this annoying. The book does not specifically address the public health issues and again this is deliberate because the authors felt that these issues were outside the scope of this monograph. However a lot of the recommendations in the last chapter, ‘Helping the AIDS Mourner’ could be applied on a community basis. Therefore in conclusion, I would recommend this book for two groups of clinicians. First of all those who are already dealing with patients with AIDS bereavement and who want a concise overview of the area and a good practical intergrated management plan. Secondly clinicians who have experience in dealing with bereavement and who want to develop specific skills to deal with AIDS bereavement. Reviewed by Laurie Power This is the third book in the ongoing UCSF AIDS Health Project Monograph Series. The first two were on AIDS and cognitive impairment and substance abuse and psychiatric problems in patients with HIV. This book is very similar to the other two in that it is a concise, clinically orientated and practically informed book on the management of AIDS bereavement. The book is written in plain English and is easy to understand without the excessive use of jargon. It would not be suitable for clinicians with little to no experience of bereavement nor would it be of much use to a clinician experienced in dealing with patients with AIDS bereavement. The book is mainly aimed at those who have some knowledge _ _ _ ~ _ ~ _ - _ ___ - ~~~~~~~ 2000 VOL. 24 NO.4 AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Wiley

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Correspondence to: Assoc. Professor Jeanette Ward, Director, Needs Assessment & Health Outcomes Unit, Central Sydney Area Health Service, Locked Bag 8, Newtown, NSW 2042 Fax: (02)9515 3334.Email: jward@nah.rpa.cs.nsw.gov.au Book Review Working with AIDS bereavement: a comprehensive approach for mental health providers By Peter B Goldblum and Sarah Erickson. Published by the AIDS Health Projwt, University of California San Francisco. 1999 of bereavement but not in the field of AIDS and those clinicians who want an integrated management plan for patients with AIDS bereavement. The information is accurate and up to date and gives an overview of the topic. The book is not comprehensive, but that is clearly not the aim and this is addressed to some extent by the up-to-date and extensive reference list. My major criticism of the information is that it is overly focused on the US experience and on the gay, white, well educated, male population. In addition the authors are clearly pushing their own treatment model ie the UCSF Integrated Therapy Model without much comparision to other models and some readers might find this annoying. The book does not specifically address the public health issues and again this is deliberate because the authors felt that these issues were outside the scope of this monograph. However a lot of the recommendations in the last chapter, ‘Helping the AIDS Mourner’ could be applied on a community basis. Therefore in conclusion, I would recommend this book for two groups of clinicians. First of all those who are already dealing with patients with AIDS bereavement and who want a concise overview of the area and a good practical intergrated management plan. Secondly clinicians who have experience in dealing with bereavement and who want to develop specific skills to deal with AIDS bereavement. Reviewed by Laurie Power This is the third book in the ongoing UCSF AIDS Health Project Monograph Series. The first two were on AIDS and cognitive impairment and substance abuse and psychiatric problems in patients with HIV. This book is very similar to the other two in that it is a concise, clinically orientated and practically informed book on the management of AIDS bereavement. The book is written in plain English and is easy to understand without the excessive use of jargon. It would not be suitable for clinicians with little to no experience of bereavement nor would it be of much use to a clinician experienced in dealing with patients with AIDS bereavement. The book is mainly aimed at those who have some knowledge _ _ _ ~ _ ~ _ - _ ___ - ~~~~~~~ 2000 VOL. 24 NO.4 AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

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