Date of Award
2006
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
School
School Of Psychology
Faculty
Computing, Health And Science
First Advisor
Dr.Moira O'Connor
Second Advisor
Assoc. Prof. Margaret Mitchell
Third Advisor
Dr. Christopher Sonn
Abstract
Despite the introduction of road safety measures and media campaigns, crashes are a leading cause of death in Western Australia. While economic costs of crashes are relatively easy to determine, their psychosocial burden remains appreciably under-studied, as are the social, cultural, historical, temporal, and political contexts within which grief experiences are housed. As such, I explored the experience of grief resulting from losing a loved one in a crash in Western Australia and described the influence of contextual factors on those grief experiences.
Recommended Citation
Breen, L. (2006). Silenced voices: Experiences of grief following road traffic crashes in Western Australia. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/9