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Author:

GERRISH Nick; BAILEY Sue;

Title:

Using the biographical grid method to explore parental grief following the death of a child.

Reference:

Bereavement Care, 31(1), April 2012, pp.11-17.

ISSN paper:

0268 2621

Abstract:

To a parent, the loss of a child is regarded as among the most traumatic and devastating of events, with the potential to induce a crisis of meaning for bereaved parents. While complications in grieving are a significant possibility, bereaved parents can also respond in very constructive and adaptive ways to the death of a child. Creative and ethically sensitive assessment methods are needed to capture the diversity and complexity of parental grief responses. This article uses a case example to explain the biographical grid method (BGM), a constructivist-narrative model for assessment, and its use in the exploration of parental grief responses to the death of a child. Implications for practice are discussed.

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Format:

article;

Topics:

bereavement; children; coping behaviour; death; instruments; parents;

Content Type:

practice;

Country/Region:

Australia;

Record ID:

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