Death and Dying: Grief, compassion and workplace responses

Death and Dying: Workplace Violence, Mass Shootings, and Gun Violence

“…In 2020, Brad and I reflected on the loss through death of a work colleague and friend discussing workplace responsibilities and the struggles colleagues have with wanting to help and being impotent to help in a meaningful way. We referred to Kübler-Ross’s (1969) insightful book On Death and Dying and “ our inability to discuss death, avoidance of the issues and concerns experienced by those who are dying, caring for the dying, or who care for them ” (Rocco & Shuck, 2020, p. 1). We were concerned at the time about an organization’s response to the death of a colleague and the lack of support, or even consideration of the emotional toll a colleague’s death creates in co-workers and work friends.…”