Memorializing on the world wide web: Patterns of grief and attachment in adult daughters of deceased mothers

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-56

  Nager, Elizabeth A ^a   De Vries, Brian ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 10844296583     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/WA9E-AK5L-2P2G-1QP1     Document Type: Article

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