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‘Good’ and ‘Bad’ deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from a rapid qualitative study
Dealing with excess death in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the question of a ‘good or bad death’ into sharp relief as countries across the globe have grappled with multiple peaks of cases and mortality; and communities mourn those lost. In the UK, these challenges have included the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8174027/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34078630 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005509 |
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author | Simpson, Nikita Angland, Michael Bhogal, Jaskiran K Bowers, Rebecca E Cannell, Fenella Gardner, Katy Gheewala Lohiya, Anishka James, Deborah Jivraj, Naseem Koch, Insa Laws, Megan Lipton, Jonah Long, Nicholas J Vieira, Jordan Watt, Connor Whittle, Catherine Zidaru-Bărbulescu, Teodor Bear, Laura |
author_facet | Simpson, Nikita Angland, Michael Bhogal, Jaskiran K Bowers, Rebecca E Cannell, Fenella Gardner, Katy Gheewala Lohiya, Anishka James, Deborah Jivraj, Naseem Koch, Insa Laws, Megan Lipton, Jonah Long, Nicholas J Vieira, Jordan Watt, Connor Whittle, Catherine Zidaru-Bărbulescu, Teodor Bear, Laura |
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description | Dealing with excess death in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the question of a ‘good or bad death’ into sharp relief as countries across the globe have grappled with multiple peaks of cases and mortality; and communities mourn those lost. In the UK, these challenges have included the fact that mortality has adversely affected minority communities. Corpse disposal and social distancing guidelines do not allow a process of mourning in which families and communities can be involved in the dying process. This study aimed to examine the main concerns of faith and non-faith communities across the UK in relation to death in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The research team used rapid ethnographic methods to examine the adaptations to the dying process prior to hospital admission, during admission, during the disposal and release of the body, during funerals and mourning. The study revealed that communities were experiencing collective loss, were making necessary adaptations to rituals that surrounded death, dying and mourning and would benefit from clear and compassionate communication and consultation with authorities. |
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spelling | pubmed-81740272021-06-07 ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’ deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from a rapid qualitative study Simpson, Nikita Angland, Michael Bhogal, Jaskiran K Bowers, Rebecca E Cannell, Fenella Gardner, Katy Gheewala Lohiya, Anishka James, Deborah Jivraj, Naseem Koch, Insa Laws, Megan Lipton, Jonah Long, Nicholas J Vieira, Jordan Watt, Connor Whittle, Catherine Zidaru-Bărbulescu, Teodor Bear, Laura BMJ Glob Health Analysis Dealing with excess death in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the question of a ‘good or bad death’ into sharp relief as countries across the globe have grappled with multiple peaks of cases and mortality; and communities mourn those lost. In the UK, these challenges have included the fact that mortality has adversely affected minority communities. Corpse disposal and social distancing guidelines do not allow a process of mourning in which families and communities can be involved in the dying process. This study aimed to examine the main concerns of faith and non-faith communities across the UK in relation to death in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The research team used rapid ethnographic methods to examine the adaptations to the dying process prior to hospital admission, during admission, during the disposal and release of the body, during funerals and mourning. The study revealed that communities were experiencing collective loss, were making necessary adaptations to rituals that surrounded death, dying and mourning and would benefit from clear and compassionate communication and consultation with authorities. BMJ Publishing Group 2021-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8174027/ /pubmed/34078630 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005509 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Analysis Simpson, Nikita Angland, Michael Bhogal, Jaskiran K Bowers, Rebecca E Cannell, Fenella Gardner, Katy Gheewala Lohiya, Anishka James, Deborah Jivraj, Naseem Koch, Insa Laws, Megan Lipton, Jonah Long, Nicholas J Vieira, Jordan Watt, Connor Whittle, Catherine Zidaru-Bărbulescu, Teodor Bear, Laura ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’ deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from a rapid qualitative study |
title | ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’ deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from a rapid qualitative study |
title_full | ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’ deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from a rapid qualitative study |
title_fullStr | ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’ deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from a rapid qualitative study |
title_full_unstemmed | ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’ deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from a rapid qualitative study |
title_short | ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’ deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from a rapid qualitative study |
title_sort | ‘good’ and ‘bad’ deaths during the covid-19 pandemic: insights from a rapid qualitative study |
topic | Analysis |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8174027/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34078630 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005509 |
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