Mothers' grief following the death of a child

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-77

  Laakso, Hilkka ^a   Paunonen Ilmonen, Marita ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

death of a child; Development of grief counselling skills; Grief work; Maternal grief

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0035488867     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01944.x     Document Type: Article

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