Bereavement research: Methodological issues and ethical concerns

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-240

  Stroebe, Margaret ^a   Stroebe, Wolfgang ^a   Schut, Henk ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Ethics; Grief; Methodology; Research design

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BEREAVEMENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; ETHICS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GRIEF; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BEREAVEMENT; CONTROL GROUPS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELECTION BIAS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0242500376     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216303pm768rr     Document Type: Review

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