Does writing about the bereavement lessen grief following sudden, unintentional death?

Death Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-134

  Range, Lillian M ^a   Kovac, Stacey H ^a   Marion, Michelle S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIEF; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SUDDEN DEATH; WRITING;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

EID: 0033998490     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/074811800200603     Document Type: Article

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