Brief Lives (5 Parts)

Synopsis: The series explores the ways families cope with the deaths of children and young people.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 5 x 26 min.
Year of production: 1987
Availability: out of distribution
Notes: Producer/director Part 5: Jim Fullerton-Smith.
Uses: Counsellors.*
Subjects: Social welfare
Keywords: bereavement; cancer; children; death; murder; suicide

Director: Jim Fullerton-Smith; Julian Aston; Polly Bide
Producer: Alan Horrox; Gillian McCredie; Jim Fullerton-Smith; Julian Aston; Polly Bide

Title: Accidents do happen
Synopsis: 1: Julian Aston lost his only son Luke in a fire. He talks with four families about their anger, bewilderment and grief, and confronts the feelings of loneliness which they experience.
Title: Thread of uncertainty
Synopsis: 2: Staff at Great Ormond Street Hospital talk about working with childhood cancer and also discuss how they support parents.
Title: Cheryl
Synopsis: 3: The parents of a 5-year-old girl dying of cancer care for her at home with the help of a specialised home care team.
Title: Life sentence, A
Synopsis: 4: Examines how the parents of murdered children are victims.
Title: Case presentation no. 5: suicide
Synopsis: 5: Two families talk about how they faced the loss of their children by suicide.

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