Challenges in evaluating childhood bereavement services: The theoretical and practical issues

Bereavement Care

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-15

  Rolls, Liz ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood bereavement; Childhood bereavement services; Evaluation; Methodologies; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956073518     PISSN: 02682621     EISSN: 19448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02682621.2011.555238     Document Type: Article

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