Perinatal loss in low-income African American parents

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 595-605

  Kavanaugh, Karen ^a   Hershberger, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Parental grief; Perinatal loss; Phenomenological research

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444473599     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884217505280000     Document Type: Article

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