The bereavement exclusion: Findings from a field study

Psychiatric Annals

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 267-271

  Karam, Elie G ^a,b   Tabet, Caroline C ^a,b   Itani, Lynn A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND   (Lebanon)

^b Institute for Development Research Advocacy and Applied Care Beirut   (Lebanon)

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EID: 84880643497     PISSN: 00485713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00485713-20130605-06     Document Type: Article

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