Women's adjustment to widowhood: Theory, research, and interventions

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 28-36

  Scannell Desch, Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WIDOW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 0037976942     PISSN: 02793695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0279-3695-20030501-10     Document Type: Review

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