Grief counselling efficacy: Have we learned enough?

Bereavement Care

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-9

  Schut, Henk ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Complicated grief; Effectiveness; Grief counselling; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956091076     PISSN: 02682621     EISSN: 19448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02682620903560817     Document Type: Article

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