Post-Death Encounters: Grieving, Mourning, and Healing
Autor: | Ruth Grant Kalischuk, Nadine Nowatzki |
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Rok vydání: | 2009 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male Canada Attitude to Death Health (social science) Psychotherapist media_common.quotation_subject Context (language use) Social Environment Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Spiritual Therapies Anecdotes as Topic Surveys and Questionnaires Adaptation Psychological Health care Humans Interpersonal Relations Life-span and Life-course Studies Aged media_common Interpretative phenomenological analysis Funeral Rites business.industry Social Support Middle Aged Object Attachment Self-Help Groups Feeling Female Grief Afterlife business Psychology |
Zdroj: | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying. 59:91-111 |
ISSN: | 1541-3764 0030-2228 |
DOI: | 10.2190/om.59.2.a |
Popis: | Historical accounts and previous research have shown that bereaved individuals often report seeing, hearing, or feeling the presence of the deceased. We examined such encounters in the context of the grieving, mourning, and healing processes. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with 23 individuals who reported a post-death encounter following the death of a loved one. Phenomenological analysis showed that participants went through an interpretive process in which they attempted to make sense of their experiences. The encounters profoundly affected the participants' beliefs in an afterlife and attitudes toward life and death, and had a significant impact on their grief. Finally, post-death encounters had a healing effect on the participants by contributing to a sense of connectedness with the deceased. We conclude that health care professionals and counselors should be educated about post-death encounters so that the bereaved can share their experiences in a supportive and understanding atmosphere. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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