Death in Spain, Madagascar, and beyond

Children's Understanding of Death: From Biological to Religious Conceptions

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 19-40

  Harris, Paul L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84860431941     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511852077.003     Document Type: Chapter

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