Mothers' experience of social support following the death of a child

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 176-185

  Laakso, Hilkka ^a   Paunonen Ilmonen, Marita ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Child death; Coping; Grief; Mothers; Support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; FINLAND; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NURSE'S ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0036514314     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2002.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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