Resources for Health Care Workers Experiencing Grief

These articles, presentations, and handouts about dealing with grief - one’s own, or the grief experienced by colleagues, patients, and families - have been curated from leading organizations and publications.

• Grief During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Considerations for Palliative Care Providers, an article from the from the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

• Grief and Loss in the Workplace During COVID-19, a handout from the New York City Department of Health

• How ‘Anticipatory Grief’ May Show Up During the COVID-19 Outbreak, an article from Healthline

• Dealing with Loss, Grief, and Bereavement in a Pandemic, PowerPoint slides from ELNEC

• ADEC in Conversation: Coronavirus 2019, a recorded webinar from the Association for Death Education & Counseling

• Managing Bereavement Around the Coronavirus (COVID-19), a handout from The Center for Complicated Grief

• Grief Leadership During COVID-19, a handout from the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress

• Loss and Grief During the Coronavirus Pandemic, a YouTube video from the Columbia University School of Social Work

• How the Discomfort of Grief Can Help Us: Recognizing and Adapting to Loss During COVID-19, a YouTube video from the Harvard School of Public Health

• Grief, Bereavement, and Coping With Loss (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version, an article from the National Cancer Institute