Postabortion grief: Evaluating the possible efficacy of a spiritual group intervention

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 344-350

  Layer, Susan Dyer ^a   Roberts, Cleora ^a   Wild, Kelli ^a   Walters, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Faith based agencies; Group intervention; Postabortion grief; Shame; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043162063     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731504265829     Document Type: Article

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