Family rituals that provide meaning for single-parent families

Journal of Family Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 190-210

  Moriarty, Patricia Hale ^a,c,d   Wagner, Linda D ^b  

^a SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hartford Juvenile Detention Center ^*  (United States)

^d Hartford Juvenile Detention Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Family health; Qualitative research; Rituals; Single parent family

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645129007     PISSN: 10748407     EISSN: 1552549X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074840704263985     Document Type: Article

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