Lowe Jennifer, Rumbold Bruce, Aoun Samar M
Public Health Palliative Care Unit, School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3086, Australia.
Public Health Palliative Care Unit, School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Palliat Care Soc Pract. 2020 Dec 15;14:2632352420980456. doi: 10.1177/2632352420980456. eCollection 2020.
The aim of this rapid perspective review is to capture key changes to memorialisation practices resulting from social distancing rules implemented due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
As published peer-reviewed research pertaining to memorialisation practices during the COVID-19 pandemic is lacking, this rapid review includes academic literature from the pre-COVID-19 period and international media reports during the pandemic.
Changes to memorialisation practices were under way before COVID-19, as consumer preferences shifted towards secularisation and personalisation of ritual and ceremony. However, several key changes to memorialisation practices connected with body preparation, funerals, cremation, burials and rituals have taken place as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Although boundaries between public and private memorialisation practices were already blurred, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated this process. Without access to public memorialisation, practices are increasingly private in nature. A number of implications are considered for the bereaved, service providers and policy makers.
Forms of memorialisation and bereavement support emerging during the pandemic that blend the public and the private are likely to persist in a post-pandemic world.
本次快速前瞻性综述的目的是梳理因持续的新冠疫情实施社交距离规则而导致的纪念活动的关键变化。
由于缺乏已发表的关于新冠疫情期间纪念活动的同行评议研究，本次快速综述纳入了新冠疫情之前的学术文献以及疫情期间的国际媒体报道。
在新冠疫情之前，纪念活动就已在发生变化，因为消费者的偏好转向仪式和典礼的世俗化和个性化。然而，由于新冠疫情，纪念活动在尸体处理、葬礼、火化、埋葬和仪式等方面发生了一些关键变化。
尽管公共和私人纪念活动之间的界限已经模糊，但新冠疫情加速了这一进程。由于无法进行公共纪念活动，这些活动在性质上越来越私密。文中考虑了对逝者家属、服务提供者和政策制定者的一些影响。
疫情期间出现的融合公共和私人元素的纪念形式和丧亲支持方式可能会在疫情后持续存在。
