A mother's death: Family stories of illness, loss, and healing

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-221

  Seaburn, David B ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Lorenz, Alan ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Campbell, Thomas L ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Winfield, Mary Anne ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a Highland Hospital Rochester   (United States)

^b Family Medicine Center Rochester   (United States)

^c Canal Park Family Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^f Winfield Ink   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEATH; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER; MOURNING; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0029850132     PISSN: 07361718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0089815     Document Type: Article

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