'Ambiguous loss': Managing the dialectics of grief associated with premature birth

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 309-334

  Golish, Tamara D ^a   Powell, Kimberly A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ambiguous loss; Dialectical theory; Grief; Neonatology; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037560891     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407503020003003     Document Type: Article

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