The impact of circumstances surrounding the death of a child on parents' grief

Death Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 237-252

  Wijngaards De Meij, Leoniek ^a   Stroebe, Margaret ^a   Stroebe, Wolfgang ^a   Schut, Henk ^a   Van Den Bout, Jan ^a   Van Der Heijden, Peter G M ^a   Dijkstra, Iris ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEATH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PARENT; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BEREAVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNERAL RITES; GRIEF; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENTS; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 41549087879     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180701881263     Document Type: Article

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