Viewing the body after bereavement due to suicide: a population-based survey in Sweden.

BACKGROUND: Research on the assumed, positive and negative, psychological effects of viewing the body after a suicide loss is sparse. We hypothesized that suicide-bereaved parents that viewed their childs body in a formal setting seldom regretted the experience, and that viewing the body was associa...

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Main Authors: Pernilla Omerov, Gunnar Steineck, Tommy Nyberg, Bo Runeson, Ullakarin Nyberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4085007?pdf=render