Mother's experience of the support from a bereavement follow-up intervention after the death of a child

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 1151-1162

  Nikkola, Ida ^a   Kaunonen, Marja ^a   Aho, Anna Liisa ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Death of a child; Intervention study; Peer support; Social support

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEATH; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GRIEF; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 84875043436     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04247.x     Document Type: Article

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