With and without: The bereavement experiences of gay men who have lost a partner to non-AIDS-related causes

Death Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 801-823

  Hornjatkevyc, Nina L ^a   Alderson, Kevin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; GRIEF; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; GRIEF; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF DISCLOSURE; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 80053296419     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2011.553502     Document Type: Article

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