{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,17]],"date-time":"2026-05-17T07:58:35Z","timestamp":1779004715176,"version":"3.51.4"},"reference-count":45,"publisher":"SAGE Publications","issue":"2","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,24]],"date-time":"2022-02-24T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1645660800000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/page\/policies\/text-and-data-mining-license"}],"funder":[{"name":"Department of Health Australia"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["journals.sagepub.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Omega (Westport)"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2024,6]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>A Massive-Open-Online-Course (MOOC) on death and dying (Dying2Learn) was offered in 2020, designed to build conversations about death as a natural part of life. In week 1, the content focused on how today\u2019s society engages with death through the language we use, humour, public mourning and funerals. This study investigated 2020 MOOC participants\u2019 responses to an online activity reflecting on funerals and memorials during the time of COVID-19. From this activity, n = 204 responses were analysed qualitatively. Themes included the positives and negatives of virtual funeral attendance (e.g. opportunity to have a way to participate when travel barriers existed, versus a sense of impersonal voyeurism); and the challenges related to the inability to physically comfort the bereaved due to physical distancing requirements. Comments made as part of this MOOC activity provide a unique insight into the community\u2019s experience of funeral changes necessitated by COVID-19, with important implications for the grieving process.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1177\/00302228221075283","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,24]],"date-time":"2022-02-24T07:37:22Z","timestamp":1645688242000},"page":"429-451","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Funerals: Experiences of Participants in the 2020 Dying2Learn Massive Open Online Course"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"89","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8998-9403","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Deb","family":"Rawlings","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying. Flinders University, Adelaide, AU-SA, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6013-130X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lauren","family":"Miller-Lewis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, CQUniversity Australia, Wayville, AU-SA, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jennifer","family":"Tieman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying. Flinders University, Adelaide, AU-SA, Australia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjspcare-2020-002330"},{"key":"bibr2-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1179\/2044024313Z.00000000010"},{"key":"bibr3-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.47602\/jpsp.v5i2.245"},{"key":"bibr7-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/00050067.2021.1937924"},{"key":"bibr8-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0030222815612605"},{"key":"bibr9-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2458\/v6i1.18772"},{"key":"bibr10-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0030222818799939"},{"issue":"1","key":"bibr11-00302228221075283","first-page":"198","volume":"35","author":"Burrell A.","year":"2020","journal-title":"OMEGA- Journal of Death and Dying"},{"key":"bibr12-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/08959420.2020.1764320"},{"key":"bibr13-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/capr.12165"},{"key":"bibr14-00302228221075283","volume-title":"Research methods and statistics in psychology","author":"Coolican H.","year":"2019","edition":"7"},{"key":"bibr15-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2021.648609"},{"key":"bibr16-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/15325020802171391"},{"key":"bibr17-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jflm.2020.101999"},{"key":"bibr18-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jad.2020.09.049"},{"key":"bibr19-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2648.2007.04569.x"},{"key":"bibr20-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/puar.13232"},{"key":"bibr21-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2020.588667"},{"key":"bibr22-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2020.551004"},{"key":"bibr23-00302228221075283","first-page":"003022282095370","author":"Hamid W.","year":"2020","journal-title":"OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying"},{"key":"bibr24-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/13576275.2012.755505"},{"key":"bibr25-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/famp.12581"},{"key":"bibr26-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/07481187.2021.1929571"},{"key":"bibr27-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/imj.15101"},{"key":"bibr28-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/2632352420980456"},{"key":"bibr29-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2190\/OM.61.3.d"},{"key":"bibr30-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/00302228211045288"},{"key":"bibr31-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/07481187.2019.1686090"},{"key":"bibr32-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/07481187.2021.1896459"},{"key":"bibr33-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/a0031772"},{"key":"bibr34-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/07481187.2011.553309"},{"key":"bibr35-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1590\/1518-8345.4519.3361"},{"key":"bibr36-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/bioe.12881"},{"key":"bibr37-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2020-046872"},{"key":"bibr38-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s11089-009-0234-6"},{"key":"bibr39-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/02692163211017023"},{"key":"bibr40-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0030222820966928"},{"key":"bibr41-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/medlaw\/fwab033"},{"key":"bibr42-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/1098214005283748"},{"key":"bibr48-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Tieman, J., Miller-Lewis, L., Rawlings, D., Parker, D. & Sanderson, C. (2018). The contribution of a MOOC to community discussions around death and dying. (2018). BMC Palliative Care, 17(31).","DOI":"10.1186\/s12904-018-0287-3"},{"key":"bibr43-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0030222820959960"},{"key":"bibr44-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/nhs.12048"},{"key":"bibr45-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMp2007781"},{"key":"bibr46-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0030222818804646"},{"key":"bibr47-00302228221075283","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/07481187.2017.1325419"}],"container-title":["OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/00302228221075283","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1177\/00302228221075283","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/00302228221075283","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,1]],"date-time":"2026-05-01T09:58:49Z","timestamp":1777629529000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/00302228221075283"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,24]]},"references-count":45,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2024,6]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1177\/00302228221075283"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/00302228221075283","relation":{},"ISSN":["0030-2228","1541-3764"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0030-2228","type":"print"},{"value":"1541-3764","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,24]]}}}