The legitimacy of grieving: The partner's experience at miscarriage

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 837-845

  Puddifoot, John E ^a   Johnson, Martin P ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grieving; Miscarriage; Partner

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEREAVEMENT; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SPOUSE; THINKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; ENGLAND; FATHERS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030757134     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00424-8     Document Type: Article

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