After the Death of a Child: Helping Bereaved Parents and Brothers and Sisters

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 366-372

  Coleman, William Lord ^a   Richmond, Julius Benjamin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77953298112     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-3370-7.00037-7     Document Type: Chapter

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