Grief in old age

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 281-287

  Harwood, Daniel ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELDERLY CARE; EMOTION; GRIEF; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MORTALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WIDOW;

EID: 33845893367     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: 14699036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259806001912     Document Type: Review

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