Institute for Family and Sexuality Studies & Context, University Psychiatric Center, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Death Stud. 2013 Feb;37(2):172-94. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2011.628555.
The first conversation of a family about a family death is a neglected but potentially important topic. In a first conversation in James Agee's (1957/ 2006) novel A Death in the Family, the member who knows the most about the accidental death of another member discloses information selectively. The first conversation in Agee's novel suggests that communication and caring in the first family conversation about a death is attuned to family member emotions, particularly those of the family member considered most vulnerable, and that the aim is not a shared narrative that is true, but one that people can live with.
关于家庭死亡的第一次对话是一个被忽视但具有潜在重要性的话题。在詹姆斯·艾吉（James Agee）的小说《家庭中的死亡》（A Death in the Family）中的第一次对话中，最了解另一名家庭成员意外死亡的成员会有选择地透露信息。这部小说中的第一次对话表明，家庭中关于死亡的第一次对话中的沟通和关心是与家庭成员的情绪相协调的，尤其是与被认为最脆弱的家庭成员的情绪相协调，并且目的不是一个真实的、大家都能接受的共同叙述，而是一个大家都能接受的叙述。
