Bereavement interventions for adults with intellectual disabilities: What works?

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-177

  Clute, Mary ^a  

^a EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COOPERATION; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY;

EID: 77954015175     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.61.2.e     Document Type: Article

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