The role of spirituality and religion for those bereaved due to a traumatic death

Mortality

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-19

  Chapple, Alison ^a   Swift, Chris ^b   Ziebland, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Death and dying; Mediums; Religion; Spirituality; Traumatic death

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551510849     PISSN: 13576275     EISSN: 14699885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576275.2011.535998     Document Type: Article

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