Religiosity is an Important Part of Coping with Grief in Pregnancy After a Traumatic Second Trimester Loss

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 901-910

  Cowchock, F S ^a,c   Ellestad, S E ^a   Meador, K G ^b   Koenig, H G ^a   Hooten, E G ^a   Swamy, G K ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Psychiatric Hospital at Vanderbilt   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Grief ving; Intrinsic religiosity; Perinatal Grief Scale; Posttraumatic stress; Pregnancy; Pregnancy termination; Religiosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755182770     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-011-9528-y     Document Type: Article

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