Burial Instructions and the Governance of Death

Conway, Heather

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“…Burials, with the attendant rituals, are often associated with ancestral spirits, safeguarding cultural values and reorganization of social structures (Hoy 2013;Brennan 2014: 68). The dead body embodies the previous living, breathing person who is connected to the family, and this loss is recognized by the living through respectful treatment and mourning rituals (Cantor 2010;Conway 2012). The identity and appearance of the deceased and the feelings of the living towards the deceased represent the spiritual connections between them, which are often translated into actions in reminiscing the deceased, memorializations, open-casket viewing or speaking to and touching the deceased softly-actions which are crucial in facilitating closure (Cantor 2010: 30).…”

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“…Rituals are socially constructed, underlining relationships, cultures and external constraints such as politics and public health priorities (Morgan & Ors 2009: 80). Rituals signal the deceased's transition to the afterlife, the act of protecting their souls and wellbeing, and offer an open avenue for socio-religious duties to take place, such as mourning, remembrance and the support of mourners (Morgan & Ors 2009: 56-58;Cantor 2010;Conway 2012). Rituals equally demonstrate the final gestures of affection and emotions (Strange 2005) and the continuing bond between the dead and the living, linking the meaning of life and beliefs in afterlife (Park 2012;Bradbury & Scarre 2017).…”

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Death, Burials and Funerals

Chan¹

2022

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Covid-19 has radically upended death and dying. Restrictive measures aimed at containing the spread of infections have resulted in a simplification or abandonment of many social and cultural practices related to burials, funerals and mourning. This article aims to examine how the pandemic has affected burials, funeral practices and mourning. It analyses the extent to which the restrictions balance the need to protect public health and the opportunity for mourners to honour the deceased. A consideration of the implications for surviving families and the wider community is important for future pandemic preparations. Keywords: pandemic; death; burial; funeral; grief; mourning.

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Death, Burials and Funerals

Chan¹

2022

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“…There is increasing recognition that the challenges of health and wellbeing around serious illness, dying and bereavement go substantially beyond the scope of professional healthcare services. [1][2][3] The more protracted part of care in serious illness at the end of life and subsequent bereavement involves periods of time spent not with professionals but with family, friends, co-workers and other social connections. Therefore it has been suggested that promoting the health and wellbeing of people with serious illnesses, their carers, relatives, friends and neighbours, entails a civic response in co-existence with health service responses.…”

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Area-Based Compassionate Communities: A systematic integrative review of existing initiatives worldwide

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Background: Area-Based Compassionate Communities are community public health interventions which focus on the role of the community in palliative care provision. They apply a set of actions based on the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion which aims to increase people’s control over their health. Aim: To review and compare Area-Based Compassionate Communities with respect to their contextual characteristics, development processes and evaluations. Design: A systematic integrative review with narrative synthesis. Registered in Prospero: CRD42020173406. Data sources: Five databases (Pubmed, Web of Science, PsycInfo, Embase and Scopus) were consulted, consisting of publications from 1999 onwards. This was supplemented with grey literature and author-provided documentation. Results: Twenty articles were drawn from the peer reviewed search, three from grey literature and two from author-provided documentation. Notwithstanding the substantial variation in what is reported, all Area-Based Compassionate Community initiatives focus on multiple action areas of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion. Variability in their contextual and developmental characteristics is high. Only a minority of initiatives have been evaluated and although conclusions are generally positive, what is evaluated often does not match their aims. Attaining support from policy makers can help in obtaining funding early in the project. Strengthening people’s social networks was a recurring community engagement strategy. Conclusions: While the concept of Area-Based Compassionate Communities is gaining momentum as a new paradigm for the creation of palliative care capacity across society, only a handful of initiatives have been described. The lack of formal evaluations of their envisaged health benefits indicates a pressing need for rigorous research about ongoing and future initiatives.

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Palmer¹

2022

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Burial Instructions and the Governance of Death

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