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Accepted: 19 October 2025

First Online: 15 November 2025

Declarations

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: This reflection is based on a previously approved qualitative study involving bereaved participants, which underwent institutional ethics review and adhered to internationally recognized ethical standards for human research. The current analysis draws solely from anonymized data collected during that original study and did not involve new participant recruitment or data collection.All participants provided informed consent at the time of the original study, including permission for future academic publication of their narratives in de-identified form. No additional ethical clearance was required for this reflective analysis.

: All participants whose anonymized narratives appear in this reflective analysis provided written consent for the use of their de-identified responses in academic publications.

: The author affirms that the content, analysis, and interpretation presented in this manuscript are the original work of the author. No generative AI tools were used in the conceptualization or writing of the scholarly content. However, the author used Grammarly, an AI-based writing assistant, solely for the purpose of improving grammar, readability, and clarity. All intellectual judgments, revisions, and narrative decisions remained under the full control and discretion of the author.

: The author declares no competing interests related to this manuscript or its publication.