Family Bereavement and Cultural Diversity: A Social Developmental Perspective

Family Process

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 313-332

  Shapiro, Ester R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b Mauricio Gaston Institute

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030224624     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1996.00313.x     Document Type: Review

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