When clients sense the presence of loved ones who have died

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-89

  Sanger, Michael ^a  

^a VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PHILOSOPHY; SOCIAL WORK;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SOCIAL WORK; THANATOLOGY;

EID: 70349345882     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.59.1.e     Document Type: Article

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