Bereavement and mental health in the elderly

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-53

  Parkes, Colin Murray ^a  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER S HOSPICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; GRIEF; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT COUNSELING; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 8044223404     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259897000051     Document Type: Review

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