Mu-Ghayeb: A culture-specific response to bereavement in Oman

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 144-151

  Al Adawi, Samir ^a,b   Burjorjee, Rustam ^b   Al Issa, Ihsan ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Departments of Medicine   (Oman)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENIAL; EXPECTATION; GRIEF; HUMAN; MOSLEM; MOURNING; OMAN; POSTHUMOUS CARE; RELIGION; SUDDEN DEATH;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CULTURE; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MAGIC; MORTUARY PRACTICE; OMAN;

EID: 0030791149     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002076409704300207     Document Type: Article

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