Parental bereavement: A panoramic view

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-63

  Hunt, Sonya ^a   Greeff, Abraham P ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80155142537     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.64.1.d     Document Type: Article

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