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    Relatives’ grief at three moments after death of a loved one during COVID-19 pandemic (the CO-LIVE study)

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    C.A. Nierop-van Baalen, F.E. Witkamp, I.J. Korfage, H.R. Pasman, Y.N. Becqué, M.S. Zee, A. Heide,van der, B.D. Onwuteaka-hilipsen, A. Goossensen | Artikel | Publicatiedatum: 25 december 2023
    COVID-19 has complicated grieving experiences. Rich qualitative description of these experiences is lacking. We interviewed 10 bereaved relatives (mainly daughters) 2–3 times each: shortly after their relative died in the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic, and after 12 and 18 months (29 interviews in total). Analyses took place according to inductive content analysis. Losses were threefold: the loss of the loved one; of the (desired) way to say farewell, and of social support. We identified five ways in which the three COVID-19 related loss experiences interacted: overshadowed grief, cumulative grief, triggered grief, derailed grief, and conciliatory grief. This study demonstrated that pre-COVID-19 diagnoses and understandings of grief are not sufficient to picture grief during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. These grief experiences are more complex and deserve further exploration.

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