Middle-Range Theory of Chronic Sorrow

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-184

  Eakes, Georgene G ^a   Burke, Mary L ^b   Hainsworth, Margaret A ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic sorrow; Grief mourn; Loss

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; GRIEF; HUMAN; NURSING THEORY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; GRIEF; HUMANS; NURSING THEORY;

EID: 0031615588     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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