Death, grief and loss in the context of COVID-19 /

Death, grief and loss in the context of COVID-19 /

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Imprint:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022. ©2022
Description:	xxiv, 275 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Routledge advances in health and social policy Routledge advances in health and social policy.
Subject:	Death. Loss (Psychology) Grief. COVID-19 (Disease) -- Psychological aspects. COVID-19 (Disease) -- Psychological aspects. Death. Grief. Loss (Psychology)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12631945

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Other authors / contributors:	Pentaris, Panagiotis, editor.
ISBN:	9780367647322 036764732X 9780367647391 0367647397 9781003125990 9781000417715 9781000417678
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book provides detailed analysis of the manifold ways in which COVID-19 has influenced death, dying and bereavement. Through three parts: Reconsidering Death and Grief in Covid-19; Institutional Care and Covid-19; and the Impact of COVID-19 in Context, the book provides explores COVID-19 as a reminder of our own and our communities' fragile existence, but also the driving force for discovering new ways of meaning-making, performing rites and rituals, and conceptualising death, grief and life. Contributors include scholars, researchers, policymakers and practitioners, accumulating in a multi-disciplinary, diverse and international set of ideas and perspectives that will help the reader examine closely how Covid-19 has invaded social life and shaped trauma and loss. It will be of interest to all scholars and students of death studies, biomedicine, and end of life care as well as those working in sociology, social work, medicine, social policy, cultural studies, anthropology, psychology, counselling and nursing more broadly"--
Other form:	Online version: Death, grief and loss in the context of covid-19 New York : Routledge, 2021. 9781003125990

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Summary:	This book provides detailed analysis of the manifold ways in which COVID-19 has influenced death, dying and bereavement. Through three parts: Reconsidering Death and Grief in Covid-19; Institutional Care and Covid-19; and the Impact of COVID-19 in Context, the book explores COVID-19 as a reminder of our own and our communities' fragile existence, but also the driving force for discovering new ways of meaning-making, performing rites and rituals, and conceptualising death, grief and life. Contributors include scholars, researchers, policymakers and practitioners, accumulating in a multi-disciplinary, diverse and international set of ideas and perspectives that will help the reader examine closely how Covid-19 has invaded social life and (re)shaped trauma and loss. It will be of interest to all scholars and students of death studies, biomedicine, and end of life care as well as those working in sociology, social work, medicine, social policy, cultural studies, anthropology, psychology, counselling and nursing more broadly.
Physical Description:	xxiv, 275 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780367647322 036764732X 9780367647391 0367647397 9781003125990 9781000417715 9781000417678