Impact of development on children's mourning

Cancer Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 72-81

  Christ, Grace H ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Children's mourning; Development and mourning; Grief; Parent death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEATH; FEMALE; GRIEF; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOURNING; PARENT; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0034009526     PISSN: 10654704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5394.2000.82005.x     Document Type: Article

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