Network Analysis in Thanatology during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Technological and Bibliometric Approach

Abstract

The thanatological care service is distinguished by being an added value to the biomedical service. The objective of this work was to compare the theoretical structure of thanatology with respect to an analysis of the networks of its elements. A documentary, exploratory, transversal and retrospective work was carried out with a sample of sources indexed in international repositories, considering the PRISMA format for the search by keywords: “thanatology” and “COVID” in the period from 2020 to 2024. Results demonstrate the prevalence of empathy as a central axis and capacity as a grouping axis. Both nodes suggest a learning that goes from emotionality to rationality. In reference to the literature consulted, the extension of the study towards a more robust analysis that determines the bibliometric impact on the literature is recommended.