Evaluating a creative arts bereavement support intervention: Innovation and rigour

Bereavement Care

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-42

  McGuinness, Breffni ^a   Finucane, Niamh ^b  

^a Irish Hospice Foundation   (Ireland)

^b BSS NQSW   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Creative arts; Evaluation; Hospice; Psycho education; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956104670     PISSN: 02682621     EISSN: 19448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02682621.2011.555244     Document Type: Article

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