The Meaning of Loss Codebook: Construction of a System for Analyzing Meanings Made in Bereavement

Death Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 207-216

  Gillies, James ^a   Neimeyer, Robert A ^b   Milman, Evgenia ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893805879     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2013.829367     Document Type: Article

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