Notifying individual students of a death loss: Practical recommendations for schools and school counselors

Death Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-186

  Servaty Seib, Heather L ^a   Peterson, Jean ^a   Spang, Dawn ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tamarack Behavioral Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNSELING; DEATH; EXPERIENCE; FOLLOW UP; GRIEF; HUMAN; LITERATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COUNSELING; DEATH; FAMILY; GRIEF; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PRIVACY; SCHOOLS;

EID: 0037303462     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180302891     Document Type: Review

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