Perspectives on the Experience of Sudden, Unexpected Child Death

The Very Worst Thing?
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-88154-6
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 249 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 346 g

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.  

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Turner, Denise

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Forschungsmethoden
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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’.

Über Autor(innen)

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.