Mothers now childless: Personal transformation after the death of an only child

Omega

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 167-186

  Talbot, Kay ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 33751277070     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/lt9p-9pj7-0rxh-ed2c     Document Type: Article

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