Constructions of Mexican American family grief after the death of a child: An exploratory study

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-211

  Doran, Gerry ^a,b   Downing Hansen, Nancy ^a  

^a FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Death of a child; Family; Grief; Mexican American; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; GRIEF; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; SIBLING; SUDDEN DEATH; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DREAM; FAMILY RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DREAMS; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; RELIGION;

EID: 33745771385     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.12.2.199     Document Type: Article

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