A bereavement group for parents whose son or daughter died from cancer: How shared experience can lessen isolation

Mortality

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 338-354

  Grinyer, Anne ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bereavement; grief; loss; parents; sharing; support group

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868526443     PISSN: 13576275     EISSN: 14699885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576275.2012.730684     Document Type: Article

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