Management of challenges of conjugal loss among chinese widowers: An exploratory study

Omega (United States)

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 275-297

  Woo, Ivan ^a   Chan, Cecilia ^b   Chow, Amy ^b   Ho, Rainbow ^b  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LITERATURE; LONELINESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WIDOW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EFFICACY; VALUE OF LIFE; WIDOWHOOD; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 66349116793     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.58.4.b     Document Type: Article

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