Meaning making for survivors of violent death

Violent Death: Resilience and Intervention Beyond the Crisis

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 101-122

  Armour, Marilyn Peterson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84909177393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203961469     Document Type: Chapter

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