Graveside Deaths
| Autor: | Bruce L. Danto, Mark L. Taff, Lauren R. Boglioli |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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| Zdroj: | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying. 33:265-278 |
| ISSN: | 1541-3764 0030-2228 |
| DOI: | 10.2190/t5g6-udkd-j6pl-35rp |
| Popis: | Cemeteries are designed to provide mourners with a semiprivate place to express their grief. The cemetery is symbolic of the reunification of the living with the dead. Deaths, particularly suicides, occurring in cemeteries are a rare phenomena. Graveside suicides represent an exaggerated form of pathological mourning and grief reaction. Graveside suicides are analogous to a death pact between two persons in which the second death occurs as a reaction to the first, in the cemetery where the first is buried, and without the knowledge of the first. Case histories of graveside suicides are presented, as well as a brief discussion of other types of injuries and deaths occurring in cemeteries. A profile of the graveside suicide victim, the psychodynamics of grief reactions, and the medicolegal implications related to a cemetery security are also presented. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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