A comparison of grief as related to miscarriage and termination for fetal abnormality

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 281-300

  Keefe Cooperman, Kathleen ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 29144437823     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/QFDW-LGEY-CYLM-N4LW     Document Type: Article

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