Spiritual belief and quality of life: The experience of older bereaved spouses

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 20-26

  Coleman, Peter ^a   McKiernan, Fionnuala ^b   Mills, Marie ^a   Speck, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Bereavement; Churches; Personal meaning; Religion; Spiritual belief

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842802847     PISSN: 14717794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14717794200200004     Document Type: Article

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