Birth mother loss: Contributing factors to unresolved grief

Clinical Social Work Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-76

  De Simone, Michael ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Birth mother; Grief; Relinquishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344451579     PISSN: 00911674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02189942     Document Type: Article

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