Managing bereavement in the classroom: Aconspiracyof silence?

Death Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 717-741

  Lowton, Karen ^a   Higginson, Irene J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; HUMAN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; STAFF; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACULTY; HUMANS; LONDON; PARENTS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0141894229     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713842340     Document Type: Article

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