A Literature Review of Western Bereavement Theory: From Decathecting to Continuing Bonds

The Family Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-15

  Rothaupt, Jeanne W ^a,b   Becker, Kent ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STOUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

bereavement; grief; grief work history; multicultural aspects of grief

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845545141     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480706294031     Document Type: Article

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