Department of Religion, Webster College, 470 E. Lockwood, 63119, St. Louis, Missouri.
J Relig Health. 1982 Dec;21(4):307-24. doi: 10.1007/BF02274137.
Self-help groups for the bereaved are a relatively unexplored area of wholistic ministry. The article grows out of the author's experience as an advisor to a local chapter of The Compassionate Friends, a group of parents whose children have died. The article explores the self-help concept, describes the experience of losing a child and the way the self-help process functions in that dynamic, and enumerates some roles the author has been able to fill as an aid to a local chapter. Within that framework, the article shows the affinities between self-help and ministry.
自助团体是整体事工中一个相对未被探索的领域。本文源自作者作为一个当地“慈亲会”（一个父母失去孩子的互助团体）顾问的经验。文章探讨了自助的概念，描述了丧子的经历以及自助过程在这一动态中的运作方式，并列举了作者作为当地分会的援助者能够扮演的一些角色。在这个框架内，文章展示了自助和事工之间的亲和力。
