Bereavement care interventions: A systematic review

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-14

  Forte, Amanda L ^a   Hill, Malinda ^a   Pazder, Rachel ^a   Feudtner, Chris ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DESIPRAMINE; DIAZEPAM; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

BEREAVEMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; GRIEF; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4544375701     PISSN: 1472684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-3-1     Document Type: Review

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