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Changing landscapes of death and burial practices: public health response in time of COVID-19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Philip Joseph D Sarmiento
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdaa211
Subject(s) - demise , pandemic , public health , meaning (existential) , covid-19 , history , psychological intervention , criminology , medicine , sociology , psychology , psychiatry , political science , nursing , virology , law , psychotherapist , disease , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
In a recent correspondence published in this journal, the author calls for spiritual interventions for the living and the dead that be considered by the medical community especially in the time of COVID-19. This paper further elaborates on the need to consider the death and burial practices of bereaved families of patients who died of COVID-19 with strict observance of health protocols. Death and burial practices are significant moments in finding meaning for bereaved families in accepting the demise of their loved ones during this pandemic.

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