Rainsford Suzanne, Phillips Christine B, MacLeod Rod D, Wilson Donna M
Medical School, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
HammondCare, Greenwich, NSW, Australia.
Death Stud. 2021;45(2):101-109. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2019.1616853. Epub 2019 May 31.
There are few studies on interment preferences and practices for people in remote and rural regions of developed countries. This mixed methods study in rural Australia collated data on funeral and interment practices with an ethnographic exploration of the post-death preferences of terminally-ill rural residents. In the region, between February 2015 and May 2016, 44% of decedents were cremated. Burial preferences reflected family traditions, generational connections to historic cemeteries, and the wish to instantiate belonging to people and place. Cremation provided the opportunity for ashes to be scattered at personally-significant places. Funeral planning was important for patients and family caregivers, and funerals are valued rural community rituals.
针对发达国家偏远和农村地区居民的丧葬偏好及习俗的研究较少。这项在澳大利亚农村地区开展的混合方法研究，整理了有关葬礼和丧葬习俗的数据，并对身患绝症的农村居民的临终偏好进行了人种志探索。在该地区，2015年2月至2016年5月期间，44%的死者被火化。土葬偏好反映了家庭传统、与历史悠久的墓地的代际联系，以及确立与人和地方的归属感的愿望。火化提供了将骨灰撒在个人重要场所的机会。葬礼规划对患者和家庭护理人员很重要，葬礼是农村社区重视的仪式。
