Death cafés as a strategy to foster compassionate communities: Contributions for death and grief literacy

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.986031

. 2022 Aug 2:13:986031.

doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.986031. eCollection 2022.

Death cafés as a strategy to foster compassionate communities: Contributions for death and grief literacy

Carlos Laranjeira^{1

2

3}, Maria Anjos Dixe^{1

2}, Ana Querido^{1

2

4}, Jennifer Moran Stritch⁵

Affiliations

¹ School of Health Sciences of Polytechnic of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal.
² Centre for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare), Leiria, Portugal.
³ Research in Education and Community Intervention (RECI), Piaget Institute, Viseu, Portugal.
⁴ Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), NursID, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
⁵ Department of Applied Social Sciences, Social Sciences ConneXions Research Institute, Technological University of the Shannon, Limerick, Ireland.

PMID: 35983204
PMCID: PMC9379088
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.986031

Death cafés as a strategy to foster compassionate communities: Contributions for death and grief literacy

Carlos Laranjeira et al. Front Psychol. 2022.

. 2022 Aug 2:13:986031.

doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.986031. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Carlos Laranjeira^{1

2

3}, Maria Anjos Dixe^{1

2}, Ana Querido^{1

2

4}, Jennifer Moran Stritch⁵

Affiliations

¹ School of Health Sciences of Polytechnic of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal.
² Centre for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechCare), Leiria, Portugal.
³ Research in Education and Community Intervention (RECI), Piaget Institute, Viseu, Portugal.
⁴ Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), NursID, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
⁵ Department of Applied Social Sciences, Social Sciences ConneXions Research Institute, Technological University of the Shannon, Limerick, Ireland.

PMID: 35983204
PMCID: PMC9379088
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.986031

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Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; bereavement; compassionate communities; death cafés; death literacy; grief literacy.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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[1] Abel J . (2018). Compassionate communities and end-of-life care. Clin. Med. 18, 6–8. 10.7861/clinmedicine.18-1-6 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[2] Abel J . (2018). Compassionate communities and end-of-life care. Clin. Med. 18, 6–8. 10.7861/clinmedicine.18-1-6 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[3] Bartone P., Bartone J., Violanti J., Gileno Z. (2019). Peer support services for bereaved survivors: a systematic review. Omega 80, 137–166. 10.1177/0030222817728204 - DOI - PubMed

[4] Bartone P., Bartone J., Violanti J., Gileno Z. (2019). Peer support services for bereaved survivors: a systematic review. Omega 80, 137–166. 10.1177/0030222817728204 - DOI - PubMed

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[8] Bluck S., Dirk J., Mackay M. M., Hux A. (2008). Life experience with death: relation to death attitudes and to the use of death-related memories. Death Stud. 32, 524–549. 10.1080/07481180802138860 - DOI - PubMed

[9] Breen L. (2020). Grief, loss and the coronavirus pandemic. Aust. J. Gen. Pract. 49, 1–2. 10.31128/AJGP-COVID-20 - DOI - PubMed

[10] Breen L. (2020). Grief, loss and the coronavirus pandemic. Aust. J. Gen. Pract. 49, 1–2. 10.31128/AJGP-COVID-20 - DOI - PubMed

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