Spirituality in children confronting death

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 127-136

  Stuber, Margaret L ^a   Houskamp, Beth M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DEATH; DENIAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0347359300     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1056-4993(03)00093-2     Document Type: Review

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