Houses of Healing: A Group Intervention for Grieving Women in Prison

The Prison Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-64

  Ferszt, Ginette G ^a   Salgado, Dawn ^b   Defedele, Susanne ^c   Leveillee, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Private Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

grief; groups; prison; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 59949105904     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885508325394     Document Type: Article

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