When a baby dies: Ambiguity and stillbirth

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 439-454

  Cacciatore, Joanne ^a   Defrain, John ^b   Jones, Kara L C ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ambiguous loss; Bereavement; Boundary ambiguity; Infant death; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449650686     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01494920802454017     Document Type: Article

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