A Bereavement Intervention for Parents Following the Sudden, Violent Deaths of Their 12-28-Year-Old Children: Description and Applications to Clinical Practice

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 51-72

  Murphy, Shirley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SELF-HELP GROUPS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031323340     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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