Finding meaning in the loss of a child: Journeys of chaos and quest

Health Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 450-460

  Titus, Barb ^a   de Souza, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; DEATH; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; DEATH; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS;

EID: 79961149080     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2011.554167     Document Type: Article

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