Pet loss: Implications for social work practice

Social Work

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-190

  Donohue, Kevin M ^a  

^a School Social Worker   (United States)

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EID: 18844432586     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/50.2.187     Document Type: Article

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