Following in behind Grief: An Interview with the Reverend Bob Glasgow on his Practice of Grief Work

Abstract

This article is excerpted from a research interview completed as part of the second phase in a hermeneutic research study around grief and clinical practice. This phase involved the examination of clinicians“ and families” understandings of support and interventions with the bereaved as they occurred in the Calgary Health Region Grief Support Program. In this interview, Reverend Bob Glasgow, the founder and coordinator of the Grief Support Program, offers his perspective on the powerful call of grief to health and human services professionals and the obligation we have to answer the call with skill and love.

Considerations for Grief Interventions: Eras of Witnessing with Families

“…The usefulness of internalized other interviews has been further described with grief by Moules (2010) and Moules and Simonson (2009) in their interview with the Reverend Bob Glasgow, a chaplain and coordinator of a local grief support program.…”

Commendations, Conversations, and Life-Changing Realizations: Teaching and Practicing Family Nursing

“…One class lecture is focused on grief and the nursing of families who are experiencing this powerful life event of suffering. The content of this class is based on the work of Moules and colleagues in their conceptualization of grief and the interventions that can be helpful to families in their suffering (Moules, 1998(Moules, , 2009Moules & Amundson, 1997;Moules & Simonson, 2009;Moules, Simonson, Fleiszer, Prins, & Glasgow, 2007;Moules, Simonson, Prins, Angus, & Bell, 2004;Moules, Thirsk, & Bell, 2006). It was in this class where the student (HJ) was challenged in her belief about her role as a nurse and subsequently led to the kind of family nursing practice that is described as follows.…”