A phenomenological study of university students' grieving experiences

Illness Crisis and Loss

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-25

  Seah, Chi How ^a   Wilson, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

grief; phenomenological study; university

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551575831     PISSN: 10541373     EISSN: 15526968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/IL.19.1.b     Document Type: Article

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