Research You Cannot Talk About

A Personal Account of Researching Sudden, Unexpected Child Death

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6191968
AutoresDenise Turner (0000-0002-6059-8724, University of Sussex, autor correspondente)
Ano2016
Volume24
Fascículo2
Páginas73-87
Data de publicação2016-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoIllness Crisis & Loss (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1054-1373 • E-ISSN: 1552-6968
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1054137315587642
OpenAlexW2203552441
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas16

This article takes as its starting point the author’s personal experience of sudden, unexpected child death and the impetus this provided for research exploring the topic. The article charts the isolation which parents may experience following a sudden, unexpected child death and situates this within a cultural taboo around dying. The author further discusses her involvement as a researcher combining personal experience and academic study in a way which formed potentially “dangerous knowledge.” The article concludes with a discussion of how certain forms of knowledge may become segregated from research and provides ways forward from this

Sociology · Taboo · Child Abuse and Trauma · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology