Diversity in the experience of late-life widowhood

Journal of Loss and Trauma

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-211

  Blieszner, Rosemary ^a,b,c,d   Hatvany, Lori E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Fam and Child Development ^*

^c The Gerontological Society of America   (United States)

^d Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society

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