About the author

Colin Murray Parkes, OBE, MD, FRCPsych

 

Colin Murray Parkes

   

Consultant Psychiatrist to St Christopher's Hospice, Sydenham and St Joseph's Hospice, Hackney.

 

Email:

CMParkes@aol.com

 

Declaration of interest: none

 

Dr Parkes was formerly Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry at The Royal London Hospital Medical College and Member of Research Staff at The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations. He has edited and written numerous books and publications on bereavement and the psychological aspects of loss and trauma, and has acted as consultant/adviser following major disasters in the UK and elsewhere.

 

Dr Parkes is the Life President of Cruse: Bereavement Care and is currently Vice Chair of the International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement.

 

 

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