The well-being of bereaved parents in an only-child society

Death Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 22-31

  Wei, Yan ^a   Jiang, Quanbao ^b   Gietel Basten, Stuart ^c  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONLY CHILD; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONLY CHILD; PARENTS;

EID: 84955169442     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2015.1056563     Document Type: Article

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