Addressing Grief and Bereavement in Covid-19 Pandemic

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6192202
AutoresSaachi Arora (0000-0002-6119-9821, University of Delhi), Sangeeta Bhatia (0000-0003-3650-1125, University of Delhi)
Año2024
Volumen32
Número4
Páginas492-503
Fecha de publicación2024-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaIllness Crisis & Loss (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1054-1373 • E-ISSN: 1552-6968
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/10541373221145536
OpenAlexW4317725815
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas28

Losses that took place during the covid 19 pandemic are recognised as “bad deaths”. They are characterized by physical discomfort, difficulty breathing, social isolation, psychological distress and ineffective care. The experience of grief has been even more challenging during the covid times as compared to the usual grief prior to the pandemic due to the lack of resources that assist in coping. Lack of social support, uncertainty about the future, lack of routine, and absence of mourning rituals deny the bereaved with the basic opportunity to grieve adaptively. Enhancing advance care planning may help dying patients to receive effective care. Virtual funeral services, extending support through telephonic conversations, online psychotherapy and encouraging continuing bonds with the deceased assist individuals who experience grief and bereavement. The current chapter focuses on expanding awareness about the nature of grief during the pandemic and understanding effective measures to mitigate complicated grief across various subgroups of the society who experienced grief as a result of the covid-19 pandemic

Complicated grief · Disease · Disenfranchised grief · Distress · Grief · Mental health · Pandemic · Psychological distress · Psychotherapist · Social distance · Social isolation · Social support · Traumatic grief · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology