The bereavement exclusion: The truth between Pathology and Politics

Psychiatric Annals

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 261-266

  Iglewicz, Alana ^a,b   Seay, Kathryn ^c   Vigeant, Stefani ^b   Kaur Jouhal, Sandeep ^b   Zisook, Sidney ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84880591075     PISSN: 00485713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00485713-20130605-05     Document Type: Article

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