Language Analysis as a Window to Bereaved Parents’ Emotions During a Parent–Physician Bereavement Meeting

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 181-199

  Eggly, Susan ^a   Manning, Mark A ^a   Slatcher, Richard B ^a   Berg, Robert A ^b   Wessel, David L ^c   Newth, Christopher J L ^d   Shanley, Thomas P ^e   Harrison, Rick ^f   Dalton, Heidi ^g   Dean, J Michael ^h   Doctor, Allan ⁱ   Jenkins, Tammara ^j   Meert, Kathleen L ^k  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

ⁱ ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^k CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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Author keywords

actor partner interdependence; bereavement; family; health; language analysis; meaning making; physician

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922250642     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X14555549     Document Type: Article

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