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Death Cafe

What Is It and What We Can Learn From It

Bibliographic Data

ID13628285
AuthorsLizzy Miles (Westerville, OH, USA, corresponding author), Charles A Corr (0000-0002-4138-2979, Suncoast Hospice Institute, Clearwater, FL, USA)
Year2015
Volume75
Issue2
Pages151-165
Publication date2015-10-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0030222815612602
PMID28490282
OpenAlexW2190621566
LanguageEN
Citations received23
References cited9

This article explains the meaning of the phrase Death Cafe and describes what typically occurs at a Death Cafe gathering. The article traces the history of the Death Cafe movement, explores some reasons why people take part in a Death Cafe gathering, and gives examples of what individuals think they might derive from their participation. In addition, this article notes similarities between the Death Cafe movement and three other developments in the field of death, dying, and bereavement. Finally, this article identifies two provisional lessons that can be drawn from Death Cafe gatherings and the Death Cafe movement itself

Aesthetics · Art · Field (mathematics · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Movement (music · Phrase · Sociology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Philosophy · Psychology

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    Open Access•Solveiga Zibaite•European Journal of Cultural…•2025

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    Open Access•Jessica Cherry, Laura W Black•OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying•2024

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    A De La Fuente Hernández José, Shweta Singh et al.•Mortality•2025

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Unique citing works23
Citations per year2,88
Citation span2018 - 2026 (9)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 22
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