Making sense of loss: A content analysis of end-of-life practitioners' therapeutic approaches

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-141

  Currier, Joseph M ^a   Holland, Jason M ^a   Neimeyer, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44949123672     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.57.2.a     Document Type: Article

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