Challenges in evaluating adult bereavement services

Bereavement Care

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-9

  Schut, Henk ^a   Stroebe, Margaret ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment instruments; Efficacy; Evaluation; Measures; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956125386     PISSN: 02682621     EISSN: 19448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02682621.2011.555240     Document Type: Article

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