Translation of the short version of the perinatal grief scale into Swedish

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 269-273

  Adolfsson, Annsofie ^a   Larsson, Per Göran ^a  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Grief; Miscarriage; Perinatal Grief Scale; Spontaneous abortion; Translation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PERINATAL GRIEF SCALE; PILOT STUDY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SWEDEN;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GRIEF; GUILT; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; TRANSLATING; WOMEN;

EID: 33747620299     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2006.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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