Social and health implications that affect people bereaved by the death of family members by COVID-19

ABSTRACT

Objective: to know the social and health implications that affect people bereaved by the death of relatives who were victims of COVID-19. Method: this is a narrative review carried out on the PubCovid-19 platform. Results: a chart was developed presenting the characteristics of the ten publications by title, authorship, year of publication, country and journal. Conclusion: the social and health implications that affect people bereaved by the death of family members by COVID-19 derive from the social distancing that generates the impossibility of performing farewell rituals, damaging the normal experience of mourning, leading to complicated mourning and possible psychic illness. © 2020 Universidade Federal da Bahia. All rights reserved.