Coping with losses and past trauma in old age: The separation-individuation perspective

Journal of Personal and Interpersonal Loss

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 263-281

  Bar Tur, Liora ^a   Levy Skiff, Rachel ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 33749442682     PISSN: 10811443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10811440008409756     Document Type: Review

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