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Long-Term Consequences of Drunk Driving Accidents in Sweden: An Exploratory Study on the Lived Experiences of Survivors, Their Family Members and Friends

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2014

Jörgen Lundälv  and
Lars Olov Sjöström
Jörgen Lundälv*
Affiliation:
Department of Social Work, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Unit of Surgery, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Lars Olov Sjöström
Affiliation:
The Swedish Abstaining Motorists’ Association (MHF), Stockholm, Sweden.
*
Address for correspondence: Jörgen Lundälv, Department of Social Work, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. E-mail: Jorgen.Lundalv@socwork.gu.se
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Abstract

This study explored the lived experiences of family and socially networked others of survivors of drunk driving accidents in Sweden. Participants were 49 persons affected by drunk driving accidents: persons who had sustained traffic injury (n = 11), and their family members (n = 30) and friends (n = 8). Data were collected using a survey (either through web or postal). The results show a service gaps in providing for appropriate social support to traffic-injured persons and their family members and friends.

Keywords

drunk driving accidentroad traffic injuriessocial supportSweden
Type
Brief Report
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The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , December 2014 , pp. 114 - 119
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2014 

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