Bereavement Network Europe and Centre for Death and Society Webinar

When someone dies suddenly or unexpectedly, the impact on multiple individuals within a social network can be profound. This webinar makes a case for a more relational understanding of bereavement within this context of loss, arguing that such an approach helps us to recognise the value of one and other’s grief being acknowledged, validated and supported, and how loss is mediated between people.

Drawing on qualitative evidence generated from a three-year study into the impact of traumatic deaths on social networks, the webinar will explore the extent to which social networks bereaved by a sudden or traumatic death attempt to remedy public disenfranchisement and stigma (Doka, 1989; Guy and Holloway, 2007). Given that the majority of bereavement support is informal and carried out by close others (Jakoby, 2014; Logan et al, 2018), it will examine the ways in which grief is negotiated from multiple perspectives within a network and how any stigma is, or can be, mitigated.

This is a jointly organised webinar by Bereavement Network Europe and the Centre for Death and Society (CDAS) at the University of Bath. It is free to attend.

Please CLICK HERE for more information and to register.