Grief support programs: Patients' use of services following the loss of a desired pregnancy and degree of implementation in academic centers

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 587-391

  Heiman, J ^a   Yankowitz, J ^a,b   Wilkins, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Perinatal grief; Prenatal diagnosis; Termination

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GRIEF; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030728715     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1040758     Document Type: Article

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