Ambiguous Loss and the Family Grieving Process

The Family Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 359-365

  Betz, Gabrielle ^a   Thorngren, Jill M ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ambiguous loss; family stress; grief; narrative therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748041118     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480706290052     Document Type: Article

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