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Parental Grief: Traumatic Death Of A Child And Length Of Bereavement, Joy Dawn Buscaglia-Dale
Parental Grief: Traumatic Death Of A Child And Length Of Bereavement, Joy Dawn Buscaglia-Dale
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There is much empirically based research and case studies in the area of grief itself but few that focus on traumatic grief. For the purpose of this study, we will focus on traumatic grief as it applies to the death of a child. Traumatic grief is defined as a grave form of bereavement that comes about when the death of a loved one is caused by an accident, an impaired driver, SIDS, homicide, suicide, or an act of terrorism. There is no time to say goodbye. The research that has been done indicates that with these types of death, the …