Our Centre for Death and Society (CDAS) Team Members curate a monthly collection of resources relating to the effects of Covid-19 on death and society.
We include guidance relating to Covid-19 for:
- grief and bereavement support
- funeral practices
- social policy implications
These resources are both written work produced by CDAS staff and general information on Covid-19 from other organisations.
Other news, views, and initiatives on the coronavirus pandemic from around the University of Bath can be found on the COVID-19 news page.
March 2021
Woodthorpe, K., - How has the Coronavirus pandemic and lockdown affected society?
Fang, C., Comery, A., - Understanding Grief During the First-Wave of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom—A Hypothetical Approach to Challenges and Support
February 2021
BBC Newsnight: Interview with Lucy Easthope on managing COVID-19's impact
December 2020
Hefel, J & Randall, M.,- Life is now quiet and calm, during these days sometimes too quiet
September/October 2020
Frisby, H.,- When circumstances allow ...’: funerals in the time of Covid-19
Hanson, L.,- We Will All Be Changed: Palliative Care Transformation in the Time of COVID-19
Vicente da Silva, A.,- Funerals during the COVID-19 pandemic
Teggi, D.,- Care homes as hospices: the problem with long-term care provision towards the end of life in England
August 2020
Troyer, J., - In the time of aids in the age of covid-19
Fang, C., Wilson, J., & Smith, P., - End of life care and bereavement support amid COVID-19
Troyer, J., - Five Lessons that Dead Bodies can Teach Us
Vicente da, A., - Silva COVID-19 pandemic robs Brazil's mourners of traditional rites
July 2020
Stone, P., - Dark tourism memorial sites will help us heal from the trauma of coronavirus
Bear, L., et al, - ‘A Good Death’ During the Covid-19 Pandemic in the UK A Report of Key Findings and Recommendations
Wynne, K., et al, - Dying individuals and suffering populations: applying a population-level bioethics lens to palliative care in humanitarian contexts: before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
Forrester-Jones, R., - We had a lockdown choice - care for Amy or never see her
Troyer, J., - COVID-19: Too Many Bodies to bury?
Troyer, J., - Remote, Restricted, and Redesigned: Funerals in the time of Coronavirus
Troyer, J., - In the time of AIDS in the age of COVID-19
June 2020
Woodthorpe, K. - How the power to delay death has allowed inequality to flourish
Fang, C. - Understanding bereavement support in response to Covid-19
Troyer, J. - Managing COVID-19 deaths
Troyer, J. - Reddit Ask Me Anything on Death and COVID-19
Troyer, J. - Reddit Masterclass on All Things Death and COVID-19
Troyer, J. - Live on Facebook talking about death, dying, and COVID-19
Troyer, J. - MIT Press Author Talk on Technologies of the Human Corpse
Troyer, J. - Scholars of death ‘aghast’ at UK’s ‘failures’ in pandemic crisis
Troyer, J. - Grief, lockdown and coronavirus: a looming mental health crisis
The Cremation Society website - Covid-19 news, updates of legislation and guidance
US Centers for Disease Control - Funeral Guidance for Individuals and Families
Haydar, A., et al - Palliative care utilization among patients with COVID-19 in an underserved population: A single-center retrospective study
Anand, P., Sharpless, J. - The pandemic is changing how we die – and not just for COVID-19 patients
Borgstrom, E. - How Covid-19 challenges our notion of a good death
Borgstrom, E. - Social death during the COVID-19 pandemic: examples and what we can do about it
Visser, R. - Covid-19 shows that we need to rethink dying at home
Lutfey Spencer, K., Limburg, A. - It’s true. Isolated COVID-19 deaths are terrible. But where does inequality fit in?
May 2020
Woodthorpe, K. - We need practical guidance for dealing with serious illness at home
Woodthorpe, K., Rumble, H. - We're here to talk about death, bereavement and funerals during the global Covid-19 pandemic. Please ask us anything!
Woodthorpe, K. - A mini-lecture live on Facebook about death and dying, and how it might relate to this extraordinary moment in our lives as we grapple with Covid-19
Walter, T. - Five things coronavirus can teach us about life and death
Walter, T. - Lockdown-era Zoom funerals are upending religious traditions—and they may change the way we grieve forever
Walter, T. - COVID-19: We need a new craft of dying
Clark, D. - In the time of COVID - 'April is the cruellest month'
Troyer, J. - Coronavirus is showing us how we've failed to manage the logistics of death
London School of Economics & Political Science - “A good death” during the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.K.: A report on key findings and recommendations
Canadian Medical Association Journal - Pandemic palliative care: Beyond ventilators and saving lives
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - The role and response of palliative care and hospice services in epidemics and pandemics: A rapid review to inform practice during the COVID-19 pandemic
April 2020
Cruse Bereavement Care - Coronavirus – dealing with bereavement and grief
UK Association of Anatomical Pathology Technology and the European Centre for Disease Prevention & Control - Considerations related to the safe handling of bodies of deceased persons with suspected or confirmed COVID-19
Quaker Social Action - Coronavirus: organising a meaningful funeral
The UK Deceased Management Advisory Group - A central information hub for all those involved with funerals, burials and cremations
Woodthorpe, K. - Coronavirus has made death a fact of life again – we should embrace it