Donna M Wilson, Brooklyn Grainger, Hannah Fonteyne, Jennifer E Heron, Cynthia Fiore, Suzanne Rainsford, Begoña Errasti-Ibarrondo
{"title":"Remembering the Dead: What Community Newspaper Memorials Reveal.","authors":"Donna M Wilson, Brooklyn Grainger, Hannah Fonteyne, Jennifer E Heron, Cynthia Fiore, Suzanne Rainsford, Begoña Errasti-Ibarrondo","doi":"10.1080/15524256.2025.2469685","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15524256.2025.2469685","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>People will understandably continue to remember significant persons long after their deaths. One possible remembrance practice is the placement of a memorial about the deceased person in a community newspaper. It is not clear what these memorials are intended to do, how they are constructed, who places them in a public sphere for open viewing, and what purpose or purposes they serve. As these memorials could be important for grief management and other personal, family, or social purposes, an examination of memorials to the dead appearing over one year in the Edmonton Journal, the primary newspaper for a Canadian city of one million inhabitants, was conducted. This research project found memorials were uncommon (N = 567) compared to obituaries (N = 4,865), and very uncommon in relation to the number of decedents who could have been memorialized. Memorial authors were most often parents or children, with memorials usually appearing on a second year or later death anniversary. Two content themes were identified: (a) enduring love for the deceased, and (b) a continuing if not permanent remembrance of them. The findings raise many questions, but primarily how people can openly and constructively grieve long after the death of a loved one.</p>","PeriodicalId":45992,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care","volume":" ","pages":"58-71"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143483784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Need for Psychiatrists in Hospice Care - A Call for Urgent Action.","authors":"Varshinee Sathyanarayanan","doi":"10.1080/15524256.2024.2445057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15524256.2024.2445057","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45992,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care","volume":" ","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142878201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Still Ship at Sea.","authors":"Zhaohui Su","doi":"10.1080/15524256.2024.2416626","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15524256.2024.2416626","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45992,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care","volume":" ","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142477367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What is This Job?","authors":"Catherine Pilling","doi":"10.1080/15524256.2024.2379852","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15524256.2024.2379852","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45992,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care","volume":" ","pages":"314"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141628060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editor Introduction.","authors":"Ellen L Csikai","doi":"10.1080/15524256.2024.2440833","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15524256.2024.2440833","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45992,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care","volume":" ","pages":"311-312"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142873246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nur Atikah Mohamed Hussin, Satu-Maria Vesala, Reija Peltomäki, Anna Liisa Aho
{"title":"Post-Traumatic Growth in Finnish Parents After the Traumatic Death of a Child.","authors":"Nur Atikah Mohamed Hussin, Satu-Maria Vesala, Reija Peltomäki, Anna Liisa Aho","doi":"10.1080/15524256.2024.2439291","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15524256.2024.2439291","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The traumatic death of a child may cause a wide range of emotional and behavioral responses in parents. In contrast to the extensive research and literature on the negative aspects of parental bereavement, the topic of post-traumatic growth in parents has received relatively little attention. This study addressed a need for further understanding post-traumatic growth in parents following the traumatic death of a child. To recruit participants, an online advertisement was posted on the websites of Finnish bereavement organizations, their member mailing lists, and closed discussion groups. Seventeen parents were interviewed in-depth over the phone. This qualitative involved an inductive content analysis of 401 narratives of post-traumatic growth in the grief experiences of participants. The post-traumatic growth identified featured positive attitudes toward life, positive attitudes toward death, enhancing one's spiritual life, improvements in well-being, concern about others' needs and wanting to help, and meaningful relationships. The findings highlight the increasing complexity of topics in spirituality and social work with bereaved parents.</p>","PeriodicalId":45992,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care","volume":"20 4","pages":"334-351"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143013018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Always Politically Correct: Supporting Seriously Ill Older Populations and Their Families.","authors":"M Courtney Hughes, Erin Vernon","doi":"10.1080/15524256.2024.2391393","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15524256.2024.2391393","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45992,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care","volume":" ","pages":"315-317"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141972057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disbelief, Distress, & Distrust: Trending Institution Related Emotional Distress During COVID-19.","authors":"Jillian Sherman, Shannon Petros","doi":"10.1080/15524256.2024.2404461","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15524256.2024.2404461","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic had an unprecedented impact on the well-being of individuals working in the healthcare sector. Though many studies exist that focus on physician and nurse well-being, few have specifically identified stressors that affect professionals working within the end-of-life interdisciplinary team. The primary objective of this study was to expand research on moral distress and clinician well-being to include healthcare professionals working with patients with chronic and life-limiting illnesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. A survey approach was used with 110 professionals working within one hospital network's palliative and hospice team to identify key indicators of moral distress (using the MMD-HP scale) and professional well-being during the pandemic. Quantitative and qualitative analysis was completed to determine themes related to moral distress and professional well-being. Numerous themes were identified, including the importance of caseload, general support, team support, management, and professional flexibility. Additional end-of-life themes were identified, including the impact of death, lack of personal protective equipment, fear of transmitting the virus, COVID disbelief, and the inability of clinicians and/or family to be with patients in person. From the experience participants had during COVID-19, four areas of change were identified: professional resilience, management/ethics support, professional development, and physical and emotional safety.</p>","PeriodicalId":45992,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care","volume":" ","pages":"352-373"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142373204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Phenomenological Study of Clinical Stillbirth Management for Grieving Mothers.","authors":"Sahar Al-Shuqerat, Zaid Al-Hamdan, Hala Bawadi","doi":"10.1080/15524256.2024.2420186","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15524256.2024.2420186","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>For any expectant mother, the worst possible outcome of pregnancy is for the baby to die. The experience can lead to various forms of physical and psychosocial morbidity. The purpose of this study was to gain in-depth understanding of the experiences of mothers who suffered stillbirth with a view to improving the clinical management of stillbirth. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with ten women who had experienced stillbirths within one year prior to the interview. The interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. The data were analyzed using Smith's interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) model and ATLAS.ti 8 software. Healthcare professionals identified three main themes: clinical management for stillbirth and bereaved mothers across various roles; public hospitals; and the Jordanian Ministry of Health Policies and Guidelines. The study findings underscore the devastating impact of insensitive and poor-quality care on bereaved mothers, highlighting how it exacerbates their grief and sorrow. These findings emphasize the need for training healthcare providers in perinatal loss and bereavement care, as well as the importance of adopting new policies and guidelines to improve the quality of care provided to bereaved mothers.</p>","PeriodicalId":45992,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care","volume":" ","pages":"318-333"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142577025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"They Make the Will, But They Want the Food:\" Staff Perspectives on Challenges in Implementing Dementia Advance Directives Related to Stopping Feeding.","authors":"Meredith Levine, Mercedes Bern-Klug","doi":"10.1080/15524256.2024.2365368","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15524256.2024.2365368","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45992,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care","volume":" ","pages":"254-275"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141471493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}