How the internet is changing the experience of bereavement by suicide: A qualitative study in the UK

Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-187

  Chapple, Alison ^a   Ziebland, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bereavement; Internet; memorials; on line support; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 79952941858     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459309360792     Document Type: Article

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