Support and counselling ease grief; as shown by intervention among recently bereft widows and widowers in Gothenburg;Stöd och rådgivning underlättar i sorgen: Interventionsprojekt bland äldre nyblivna änkor och änklingar i Göteborg

Lakartidningen

Volumn 96, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 1838-1842

  Grimby, Agneta ^a,b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Vasa Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; WIDOW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; GRIEF; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 0033553037     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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