Meeting the needs of parentally bereaved children: A framework for child-centered parenting

Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 331-352

  Saldinger, Amy ^a,b   Porterfield, Katherine ^c   Cain, Albert C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Fam Styles Childhood Bereavement P ^*  (United States)

^c BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEREAVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 12844287446     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.67.4.331.56562     Document Type: Review

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