Grief, loss, and the quest for meaning: Narrative contributions to bereavement care

Bereavement Care

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 27-30

  Neimeyer, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

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EID: 33645224513     PISSN: 02682621     EISSN: 19448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02682620508657628     Document Type: Article

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