Telling relatives that a family member has died suddenly

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 849, 1996, Pages 413-418

  Marrow, Jonathan ^a  

^a ARROWE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bereavement counselling; Communication skills; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; STAFF TRAINING; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0029901520     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.72.849.413     Document Type: Article

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