Loneliness: An exploration of meaning

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 201-209

  Rosedale, Mary ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alone; Aloneness; Existential; Existentialism; Feeling lonely; Isolation; Loneliness; Social isolation; Solitude

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348999089     PISSN: 10783903     EISSN: 15325725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078390307306617     Document Type: Article

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