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Report of the Lancet Commission on the Value of Death: Bringing death back into life

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Sallnow, Libby, Smith, Richard, Ahmedzai, Sam H, Bhadelia, Afsan, Chamberlain, Charlotte, Cong, Yali, Doble, Brett, Dullie, Luckson +19 more·2022·The Lancet
DOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(21)02314-xPMC PMC8803389
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    “Given the lack of grief literacy in the general population, the widespread loneliness in Western society, and lack of mental health support during the early stages of bereavement, it is imperative to improve bereavement support for acute grief (13).”

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    Section 7, “Disadvantaged communities” (page unavailable), describes smaller social networks and increased isolation in areas of poverty and social disadvantage. It does not establish that loneliness is widespread across Western society generally. (LLM, conf=0.79)

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  • There is a lack of grief literacy in the general population.

    “Given the lack of grief literacy in the general population, the widespread loneliness in Western society, and lack of mental health support during the early stages of bereavement, it is imperative to improve bereavement support for acute grief (13).”

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  • There is a lack of mental health support during the early stages of bereavement.

    “Given the lack of grief literacy in the general population, the widespread loneliness in Western society, and lack of mental health support during the early stages of bereavement, it is imperative to improve bereavement support for acute grief (13).”

    From Ayahuasca-assisted meaning reconstruction therapy for grief: a non-randomized clinical trial protocol (2025) · cites this paper as [13]

    Section 7, “Grief, bereavement, and mourning” (page unavailable), says bereavement can be associated with mental health problems and discusses ways people support one another in grief. Section 2, “Experiences of dying today” (page unavailable), describes a loss of community support. Neither passage establishes a lack of mental health support specifically during the early stages of bereavement; searches for that timing and for access to bereavement services found no such statement. (LLM, conf=0.73)

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Sallnow, L., Smith, R., Ahmedzai, S. H., Bhadelia, A., Chamberlain, C., Cong, Y., Doble, B., Dullie, L., Durie, R., Finkelstein, E. A., Guglani, S., Hodson, M., Husebø, B. S., Kellehear, A., Kitzinger, C., Knaul, F. M., Murray, S. A., Neuberger, J., O'Mahony, S., Rajagopal, M. R., Russell, S., Sase, E., Sleeman, K. E., Solomon, S., Taylor, R., Tutu van Furth, M., & Wyatt, K.
Affiliations
  • St Christopher's Hospice (GB)
  • University of Sheffield (GB)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • University of Bristol (GB)
  • Peking University (CN)
  • National University of Singapore (SG)
  • University of Malawi (MW)
  • University of Exeter (GB)
  • Hospice UK (GB)
  • University of Vermont (US)
  • Cardiff University (GB)
  • University of Edinburgh (GB)
  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
  • King's College London (GB)
  • Pallium India (IN)
  • Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
  • Georgetown University (US)
  • Skidmore College (US)
Corresponding author
Sallnow, Libby
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Venue
The Lancet
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2022-02
Volume
399
Issue
10327
Pages
837-884
ISSN
  • 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
  • 0140-6736
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(21)02314-x
PMC
PMC8803389
OpenAlex
W4210324559
Cited by
807
References
179
Citations by year
2026: 138 · 2025: 173 · 2024: 164 · 2023: 245 · 2022: 85 · 2021: 1
FWCI
33.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • The Lancet (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research (CL-2015-25-501, CL-2010-17-009, CS-2015-15-005)
  • Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS‐SGCL10‐Sleeman)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative and Oncologic Care
Keywords
end-of-life care, dying, palliative care, analgesia, overtreatment, undertreatment, health care access, death and dying

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