The male way of mourning divorce: When, what, and how

Clinical Social Work Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-50

  Baum, Nehami ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Divorce; Gender; Male mourning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037237552     PISSN: 00911674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021462517875     Document Type: Article

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