The last invasion of human privacy and its psychological consequences on survivors: A critique of the practice of embalming

George B. Palermo, Edward J. Gumz

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)397-408
Number of pages12
JournalTheoretical Medicine
Volume15
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1994
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Medicine (miscellaneous)
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Keywords

  • death
  • delayed grief reaction
  • denial
  • depression
  • embalming
  • grief work
  • repression

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