A Dual Process Model of grief counseling: Findings from the Changing Lives of Older Couples (CLOC) study

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 311-329

  Richardson, Virginia E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bereavement; Grief counseling; Older adults; Widowhood

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL WORK; SPOUSE; TIME; UNITED STATES; WIDOW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC; SPOUSES; TIME FACTORS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 33846044649     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J083v48n03_03     Document Type: Article

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