And then the dog died

Death Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-76

  Kaufman, Kenneth R ^a   Kaufman, Nathaniel D ^b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Millstone River Elementary School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEREAVEMENT; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DOG; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY; FRIEND; HUMAN; MALE; MOURNING; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIETY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; DOGS; GRIEF; HUMANS; PARENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28344439333     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180500348811     Document Type: Review

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