Meaning-making through psychological autopsy interviews: The value of participating in qualitative research for those bereaved by suicide

Death Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 685-710

  Dyregrov, Kari Madeleine ^a   Dieserud, Gudrun ^a   Hjelmeland, Heidi Marie ^a,b   Straiton, Melanie ^a   Rasmussen, Mette Lyberg ^a   Knizek, Birthe Loa ^b   Leenaars, Antoon Adrian ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEREAVEMENT; CONSUMER; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECALL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SUICIDE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; BEREAVEMENT; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052301129     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2011.553310     Document Type: Article

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