Concept of death in a sample of Israeli kibbutz children

Death Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-59

  Mahon, Margaret M ^a,c   Goldberg, Ellen Zagorsky ^b   Washington, Sarah K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Private Practice   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; RECOGNITION; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0032906293     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/074811899201181     Document Type: Article

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