The New York Times (5/20, Kovaleski) “examined the listing of survivors in nearly 3,600 obituaries for people all across the United States who have died of Covid since March 2020,” finding that “each left behind an average of 15 loved ones.” American Psychiatric Association President-Elect Rebecca W. Brendel, MD, JD, “noted that grief from a death affects a wide range of people beyond those who might be mentioned in an obituary.” By way of example, many patients with coronavirus “have died without family by their side because of social distancing, she said, so already overburdened health workers have often stepped in almost as surrogates in their last moments.”
Related Links:
— “A sister reflects on the cruel separation that Covid imposed on grieving relatives. “Serge F. Kovaleski, The New York Times, May 20, 2022