Perspectives on the Experience of Sudden, Unexpected Child Death: The Very Worst Thing?

ISBN-13: 9783319881546 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 249 str.

Denise Turner

Recenzje

"This is an excellent book for qualitative researchers, especially those interested in narrative approaches, but it is also an easy enough read for those interested in the topic of grief after losing a child through the lenses of societal perspectives and cultural constraints." (Ileana Ungureanu, Doody's Book Reviews, April, 2018)

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Joe’s Story.- Chapter 2. Death in an era of Inquiry.- Chapter 3. Discovering the Depths.- Chapter 4. Collective Stories.- Chapter 5. Cathy’s Story.- Chapter 6. Julia’s Story.- Chapter 7. Laurie’s Story.- Chapter 8. ‘Arriving Where I started’.

O autorze

Denise Turner is a former social worker and currently works within academia. Her research interests include autobiographical research methods, bereavement and the openings created by loss, change and transition. This book is based on her personal experience of sudden, unexpected child death and builds on PhD research, completed at the University of Sussex, UK.    

Blurb

This book combines autobiography and innovative narrative research to create an original psychosocial perspective on the often taboo subject of sudden, unexpected child death.  Beginning with the author’s own experience, the book investigates manifold aspects of sudden, unexpected child death, including the professional rapid response; contemporary cultural reactions to death; theories of grieving; child death inquiries and popular media reporting. 

At the heart of the book are intimate personal stories, drawn from unprecedented psychosocial research on this topic, which combine to create a unique record of parent’s experiences following the sudden and unexpected death of a child. Additionally, the book offers original guidance on the Biographic Narrative Interpretive methodology, which extends knowledge of group data analysis. 

The book will be of great methodological interest to the psychosocial community, as well as to health and social care professionals and lay readers interested in both sudden, unexpected child death and the wider field.