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Family Reflections on Living through Sudden Death of a Child

Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, Boston

The author describes a method of cooperative inquiry into a family’s experience of the sudden death of a child. Through the praxis method based on Newman’s health as expanding consciousness, family members had an opportunity, individually and together, to explore the impact of this experience on subsequent family life over three generations. Members were given transcripts of all dialogues for further reflection. All writings were shared with all family members. Both process and content of the inquiry will illustrate the shared and unique ways in which this loss was expressed over time. Implications of the mode of inquiry will be discussed.

Key Words: cooperative inquiry • family • health as expanding consciousness • sudden infant death syndrome

Nursing Science Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 3, 242-250 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/08918402015003011


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