Mediating Grief: Postmortem Ritualization After Child Death

Journal of Loss and Trauma

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-172

  Cacciatore, Joanne ^a   Flint, Melissa ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84857178537     PISSN: 15325024     EISSN: 15325032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15325024.2011.595299     Document Type: Article

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