Mateus Eduardo Romão

Biographic Data

ID4620890
NAMEMateus Eduardo Romão
GIVEN NAMESMateus Eduardo
FAMILY NAMERomão
SIGNATUREROMÃO M E
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Pavia
ORCID0009-0006-8968-1616
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Between Lines and Loss: Reflections on Suicide Notes as a Textual Genre and as Messages

    Open AccessGiacomo Belli, Annalisa Sofia et al.ARTICLEOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying2026

    Suicide notes are a distinctive form of communication that may provide insights into how individuals express distress, construct meaning, and address others during psychological crisis. This review aimed to examine the formal characteristics, thematic content, and communicative functions of suicide notes. Studies focusing on the linguistic, structural, and communicative dimensions of suicide notes were included. Fifteen studies met the inclusion …

  • Shaped by Mortality: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Vicarious Post-Traumatic Growth in Deathcare Workers

    Open AccessMateus Eduardo Romão, Giacomo Belli et al.ARTICLEOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying2026

    Deathcare workers routinely encounter suffering, dying, and death, which may generate both psychological strain and opportunities for existential growth. This study aimed to explore how continuous occupational exposure to dying and death shapes the lived experiences and meaning-making of deathcare workers, with particular attention to growth-consistent existential changes. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, 45 semi-structured intervi…

  • Ethics, care, and identity: A phenomenological qualitative study on the professional experience of deathcare workers

    Open AccessMateus Eduardo Romão, Michela Monaci et al.ARTICLEDeath Studies2026

    Deathcare workers are routinely exposed to suffering and death, yet their contributions remain largely invisible. This study investigated how they construct and uphold their professional identity within this challenging context. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, we conducted 44 interviews with Italian forensic pathologists (n = 12), palliative care staff (n = 14), funeral home workers (n = 12), and cemetery workers (n = 7). One Grou…

  • Selling ghosts: The illusion of thanabots and the urgency of death education

    Mateus Eduardo Romão, Giacomo Belli et al.ARTICLEMortality2025

  • Between Silence and Service: An Interpretative Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experiences of Funeral Directors and Cemetery Workers

    Open AccessMateus Eduardo Romão, Kate Woodthorpe et al.ARTICLEOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying2025

    This study explores how Italian funeral home and cemetery workers construct vocational meaning and navigate identity amid constant exposure to death. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 19 participants (12 funeral directors, 7 cemetery workers), exploring emotional labor, motivation, coping, stigma, and ethics. Six themes emerged: (1) emotional labor and detachment, (2) mortality and transf…

  • Deaths in jail: A retrospective analysis of autopsies performed at the Legal Medicine Unit of Pavia (1999-2022)

    Open AccessGiacomo Belli, Mateus Eduardo Romão et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2024

    The present study identifies the most frequent and critical situations and risk factors related to death in custody and the profile of the inmate who is at a higher risk of death, allowing to highlight the issues to be addressed from a public health point of view. On the whole, it calls for comprehensive reforms, aligned with international human rights standards, addressing mental and physical care gaps, improving correctional officers' education…