Recent publications by IWG members:
Carl B. Becker, PhD, DLitt
Becker, CB, Taniyama, Y., Kondo-Arita, M., Yamada, S., Yamamoto, K. How Grief, Funerals, and Poverty Affect Bereaved Health, Productivity, and Medical Dependence in Japan. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying. 2020.8 DOI: 10.1177/0030222820947573
Becker CB, Taniyama Y, Kondo-Arita M, Sasaki N, Yamada S, Yamamoto K. (2021) Unexplored Costs of Bereavement Grief in Japan: Patterns of Increased Use of Medical, Pharmaceutical, and Financial Services. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying. 2021; 83 (1): 142-156. doi:10.1177/0030222821992193
Becker CB, Taniyama Y, Sasaki N, Kondo-Arita M, Yamada S, Yamamoto K. Evaluations of Funerals and Health Trajectories in the Second Year After Bereavement—The Ongoing Japan National Survey. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying. 2021; 83 (1): 142-156. doi.org/10.1177/00302228221121494
Becker CB, Taniyama Y, Sasaki N, Kondo-Arita M, Yamada S, Yamamoto K. (2022) Identifying Bereaved Grievers with Greatest Medical or Social Service Needs in Japan. Family Medicine and Community Health, 2022; 10 (1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/fmch-2021-001260 1-9
Becker CB, Taniyama Y, Sasaki N, Kondo-Arita M, Yamada S, Yamamoto K. (2022) Mourners’ Dissatisfaction with Funerals May Influence Their Subsequent Medical/Welfare Expenses—A Nationwide Survey in Japan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(1):486. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010486 1-12
Becker CB, Taniyama Y, Sasaki N, Kondo-Arita M, Yamada S, Yamamoto K. (2022) How Funerals Mediate the Psycho-social Impact of Grief: Qualitative Analysis of Open-ended Responses to a National Survey in Japan. Social Science and Medicine—Mental Health, 2; December 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2022.100169 1-9
Becker, CB, Taniyama, Y, Sasaki, N, Kondo-Arita, M, Yamada, S, & Yamamoto, K. (2022) Ten Years After—A Follow-up Survey on Continuing Daily Symptoms of Grief and Medical Costs in Japan, Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 10, 100443, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2022.100443. 1-6
Becker, CB, Taniyama, Y, Sasaki, N, Kondo-Arita, M, Yamada, S, & Yamamoto, K. (2022). Evaluations of Funerals and Health Trajectories in the Second Year After Bereavement: The Ongoing Japan National Survey. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying, 2022, 84 (0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228221121494 1-12
Becker, CB. (2023). Utilizing the spirituality of funeral rituals for post-pandemic grief recovery. Frontiers in Psychology, 2022, 13 (0) https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1040482 1-5.
Kondo-Arita, M, & Becker, CB. (2023). Changing Funerals and Their Effects on Bereavement Grief in Japan. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying, 2023, 86 (0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228231158914
Lauren J. Breen, Daisuke Kawashima, Karima Joy, Susan Cadell, David Roth, Amy Chow & Mary Ellen Macdonald
Lauren J. Breen, Daisuke Kawashima, Karima Joy, Susan Cadell, David Roth, Amy Chow & Mary Ellen Macdonald (2022) Grief literacy: A call to action for compassionate communities, Death Studies, 46:2, 425-433, DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2020.1739780
Stephen Connor
Recent major presentations by IWG members:
Lauren Breen
Six myths about grief to bust for yourself, and your loved ones at TEDxYouth@KingsPark
Six myths about grief to bust for yourself, and your loved ones
Publications from the IWGDDB:
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- The case for a sociology of dying, death, and bereavement (2016)
- A Call to Action: An IWG Charter for a Public Health Approach to Dying, Death, And Loss (2014)
- Can Individuals who are Specialists in Death, Dying, and Bereavement Contribute to the Prevention and/or Mitigation of Armed Conflicts and Cycles of Violence? (2011)
- Assumptions and Principles about Psychosocial Aspects of Disasters (2010)
- Caregivers in Death Dying and Bereavement Situations (2006)
- Breaking Cycles of Violence (2005)
- Future Trends in Dying, Death and Bereavement: A Call to Action (2005)
- The 2004 Tucson IWG Charter for the Normalisation of Dying, Death and LossThe 2004 Tucson IWG Charter for the Normalisation of Dying, Death and Loss (2004)
- Existential Questions and their Moral Implications (2001)
- Death, Dying, and Bereavement in Relation to Older Individuals (2000)
- The Arts and Humanities in Health Care and Education (2000)
- Children, Adolescents, and Death: Myths, Realities, and Challenges (1998)
- A Statement of Assumptions and Principles Concerning Psychological Care of Dying Persons and their Families (1993)
- Palliative Care for Children (1993)
- A Statement of Assumptions and Principles Concerning Education about Death, Dying, and Bereavement (1992)
- Assumptions and Principles Concerning Care for Persons Affected by Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease (1992)
- A Statement of Assumptions and Principles Concerning Education About Death, Dying, and Bereavement for Professionals in Health Care and Human Services (1991)
- A Statement of Assumptions and Principles Concerning Education About Life-Threatening Illness, Death, Dying, and Bereavement for Volunteers and Non-Professionals (1991)
- Assumptions and Principles of Spiritual Care (1990)
- Statement on the Care of the Dying and the Bereaved in Developing Countries (1988)
- Assumptions and Principles Regarding Bereavement (1980)
- Assumptions and Principles Underlying Standards For Care of the Terminally Ill (1979)