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'It would be quite good if there was somewhere that just did everything': Perspectives on death administration following a bereavement.
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Bereavement: Journal of Grief & Responses to Death . 2023, Issue 2, p1-12. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- 'Death administration' is a term used to describe the wide range of tasks which must be completed after someone has died, such as registering the death and obtaining a death certificate. This involves fulfilling a complex set of time-sensitive procedures during a period of sometimes intense vulnerability, which can further compound the stress and upset felt when grieving. Using data from a qualitative study exploring people's experiences of carrying out tasks related to death administration in the UK, this article seeks to demonstrate some of the problems inherent within the process. In doing so, it highlights some of the ways that the unavoidable challenge of completing death administration can be made less burdensome, both physically and emotionally, for those tasked with its undertaking. As such, this paper offers new insights into an aspect of being bereaved that is currently overlooked, but in much need of improvement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *GRIEF
*PSYCHOLOGICAL vulnerability
*DIGITAL technology
*INTERVIEWING
*FAMILIES
*MEDICAL care costs
*HOSPITAL mortality
*HEALTH literacy
*COMPARATIVE studies
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*FINANCIAL management
*DATA analysis software
*ATTITUDES toward death
*BEREAVEMENT
*DEATH certificates
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 27547833
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Bereavement: Journal of Grief & Responses to Death
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175510062