Grief narratives: The role of medicine in the policing of grief

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-114

  Walter, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; COUNSELING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY; GRIEF; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF HELP; SOCIOLOGY; THEORY;

EID: 0034030257     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136484700109377     Document Type: Review

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