Complicated grief: A conceptual analysis of the field

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-70

  Stroebe, Margaret ^a   Schut, Henk ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33645211371     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/D1NQ-BW4W-D2HP-T7KW     Document Type: Article

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