Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying. Flinders University, Adelaide, AU-SA, Australia.
School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, CQUniversity Australia, Wayville, AU-SA, Australia.
Omega (Westport). 2024 Jun;89(2):429-451. doi: 10.1177/00302228221075283. Epub 2022 Feb 24.
A Massive-Open-Online-Course (MOOC) on death and dying (Dying2Learn) was offered in 2020, designed to build conversations about death as a natural part of life. In week 1, the content focused on how today's society engages with death through the language we use, humour, public mourning and funerals. This study investigated 2020 MOOC participants' responses to an online activity reflecting on funerals and memorials during the time of COVID-19. From this activity, = 204 responses were analysed qualitatively. Themes included the positives and negatives of virtual funeral attendance (e.g. opportunity to have a way to participate when travel barriers existed, versus a sense of impersonal voyeurism); and the challenges related to the inability to physically comfort the bereaved due to physical distancing requirements. Comments made as part of this MOOC activity provide a unique insight into the community's experience of funeral changes necessitated by COVID-19, with important implications for the grieving process.
2020 年开设了一门关于死亡与临终的大规模在线开放课程（MOOC）（Dying2Learn），旨在就死亡作为生命的自然组成部分展开对话。在第 1 周，课程内容侧重于当今社会如何通过我们使用的语言、幽默、公共哀悼和葬礼来处理死亡。本研究调查了 2020 年 MOOC 参与者对在线活动的反应，该活动反思了 COVID-19 期间的葬礼和追悼会。从这项活动中，对 204 份回复进行了定性分析。主题包括虚拟葬礼出席的优缺点（例如，当存在旅行障碍时，有机会参与，而不是一种不人道的窥探感）；以及由于身体距离要求，无法实际安慰悲痛者所带来的挑战。作为 MOOC 活动的一部分发表的评论提供了对社区因 COVID-19 而导致的葬礼变化的独特见解，对悲伤过程具有重要意义。
