"We will remember them": A mixed-method study to explore which post-funeral remembrance activities are most significant and important to bereaved people living with loss, and why those particular activities are chosen

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 537-544

  Vale Taylor, Pamela ^a  

^a Hospice in the Weald   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bereaved; Grief; Informal ritual; Loss; Post funeral; Remembrance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTHUMOUS CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RITUAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 68449090619     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216309103803     Document Type: Article

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