Fathers' grief after the death of a child

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 647-663

  Aho, Anna ^a   Tarkka, Marja Terttu ^a   Åstedt Kurki, Päivi ^b   Kaunonen, Marja ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b Department of Nursing Science ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEATH; EMOTION; FATHER; GRIEF; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH; EMOTIONS; FATHERS; GRIEF; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS;

EID: 33745713791     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840600643008     Document Type: Article

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