Suicide bereavement: Why study survivors of suicide loss?

Grief after Suicide: Understanding the Consequences and Caring for the Survivors

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3-17

  Jordan, John R ^a   McIntosh, John L ^b  

^a Indiana University ^*

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

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EID: 84856321587     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203886045     Document Type: Chapter

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