Coping with loss of ability: 'Good grief' or episodic stress responses?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1129-1139

  Hewson, Daphne ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic sorrow; Disability; Episodic stress; Grief; Loss of ability

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; BEREAVEMENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DENIAL; EMOTIONAL STRESS; GRIEF; HUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0030903545     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00244-4     Document Type: Article

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