Of the soul and suffering: Mindfulness-based interventions and bereavement

Clinical Social Work Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 269-281

  Cacciatore, Joanne ^a   Thieleman, Kara ^a   Osborn, James ^a   Orlowski, Kelly ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereaved parents; Bereavement; Child death; Grief; Mindfulness; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886071767     PISSN: 00911674     EISSN: 15733343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10615-013-0465-y     Document Type: Article

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