African American grandmothers parenting AIDS orphans: Concomitant grief and loss

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-100

  Winston, Carole A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOURNING; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY RELATION; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CHILD; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; RELIGION;

EID: 0038281409     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.73.1.91     Document Type: Article

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