Complicated grief and the quest for meaning: A constructivist contribution

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-52

  Neimeyer, Robert A ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

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EID: 33645240269     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/EQL1-LN3V-KNYR-18TF     Document Type: Article

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