Sample Extracts
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    'A great shock'

Part 1: The Personal Journey (Where is this taking me?)

1. Mourning and Grieving
2. Health - what's normal and abnormal
3. Emotions and Feelings - a personal reflection
4. Spiritual Questions
5. The Social Side of Grief - a personal reflection

Part 2: The Practical Journey (What do I do now?)

6. What needs to be done? Practical matters and practical help
7. Initial help - the doctor's story
8. What to do in the first few days
9. The Funeral
10. The Will, probate and estate matters
11. More things to do and family issues

Part 3: Looking back and looking forward

12. Later years

   Endpiece

Appendices:

1. Further reading
2. Checklists of what to do
3. Organisations offering help and support
4. Other helpful websites and contacts