Chronic sorrow: A content analysis of parental differences

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 57-68

  Hobdell, Elizabeth F ^a,c   Deatrick, Janet A ^b  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic sorrow; Fathers; Mothers; Parental differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342785378     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01408531     Document Type: Article

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