Loss and grief between and among cultures: The experience of third culture kids

Illness Crisis and Loss

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-109

  Gilbert, Kathleen R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguous loss; Disenfranchised grief; Global nomad; Grief; Loss; TCK; Third culture kids

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749197621     PISSN: 10541373     EISSN: 15526968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/IL.16.2.a     Document Type: Article

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