{"title":"Death and Grieving in a Changing Landscape : Facing the Death of a Loved One and Experiencing Grief during COVID-19","authors":"K. Murphy","doi":"10.1558/hscc.41578","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This article is a reflection of a palliative care chaplain’s experiences of supporting people through grief and loss during the COVID-19 pandemic. People have died without the support of loved ones present; funerals have been conducted in a very different manner to the usual practice; and many people’s experience of grief and bereavement has been challenging. The role of the chaplain is explored and discussed in relation to spiritual care provision. The author also acknowledges that the repercussions from COVID-19 have presented a challenge for many people who are grieving and experiencing bereavement.","PeriodicalId":37483,"journal":{"name":"Health and Social Care Chaplaincy","volume":"8 1","pages":"240-250"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1558/hscc.41578","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Health and Social Care Chaplaincy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.41578","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"Arts and Humanities","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This article is a reflection of a palliative care chaplain’s experiences of supporting people through grief and loss during the COVID-19 pandemic. People have died without the support of loved ones present; funerals have been conducted in a very different manner to the usual practice; and many people’s experience of grief and bereavement has been challenging. The role of the chaplain is explored and discussed in relation to spiritual care provision. The author also acknowledges that the repercussions from COVID-19 have presented a challenge for many people who are grieving and experiencing bereavement.
期刊介绍:
Health and Social Care Chaplaincy is a peer-reviewed, international journal that assists health and social care chaplains to explore the art and science of spiritual care within a variety of contexts. The journal was founded in 2013 through the merger of the Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy (issn:1748-801X) and the Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy (issn:1463-9920) . It continues to be the official journal of the College of Health Care Chaplains and members of the society receive the journal as part of their annual membership. For more details on membership subscriptions, please click on the ''members'' button at the top of this page. Back issues of both previous journals are being loaded onto this website (see Archives) and online access to these back issues is included in all institutional subscriptions. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy is a multidisciplinary forum for the discussion of a range of issues related to the delivery of spiritual care across various settings: acute, paediatric, mental health, palliative care and community. It encourages a creative collaboration and interface between health and social care practitioners in the UK and internationally and consolidates different traditions of discourse and communication research in its commitment to an understanding of psychosocial, cultural and ethical aspects of healthcare in contemporary societies. It is responsive to both ecumenical and interfaith agendas as well as those from a humanist perspective.