Meaning of bereavement among older African American widows

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-16

  Rodgers, Laura S ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEREAVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LEARNING; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; VERBALIZATION; WIDOW;

EID: 1542713416     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2003.11.012     Document Type: Article

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