Healing bittersweet legacies: Revisiting contextual family therapy for grandparents raising grandchildren in crisis

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-197

  Brown Standridge, Marcia D ^a   Floyd, Caroline Walters ^b  

^a Guidance Center ^*  (United States)

^b Guidance Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING;

EID: 0034167561     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2000.tb00288.x     Document Type: Article

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