Homicide bereavement counseling: A survey of providers

Death Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 427-448

  Hatton, Rebecca ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b W Co Comm Support/Treatm Serv ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY THERAPY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRIEF; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHODYNAMICS; RELIGION; REVIEW; SELF HELP; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; CATHARSIS; COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038690711     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180302878     Document Type: Review

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