Making Stories and Taking Stories: Methodological Reflections on Researching Grief and Marital Tension following the Death of a Child

Explores some of the methodological issues which arose during an investigation into experiences of bereaved parents. Notes the values of ethnographic approaches in researching intimate and painful experiences and argues that parents' stories about their children's lives are central to proc...

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Veröffentlicht in:British journal of guidance & counselling 1996-10, Vol.24 (3), p.357-365
Hauptverfasser: Riches, Gordon, Dawson, Pam
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Explores some of the methodological issues which arose during an investigation into experiences of bereaved parents. Notes the values of ethnographic approaches in researching intimate and painful experiences and argues that parents' stories about their children's lives are central to processes of identity reconstruction during grief. (RJM)
ISSN:0306-9885
1469-3534
DOI:10.1080/03069889600760331