Bereavement through substance use: findings from an interview study with adults in England and Scotland

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 341-354

  Templeton, Lorna ^a   Ford, Allison ^b   McKell, Jennifer ^b   Valentine, Christine ^a   Walter, Tony ^a   Velleman, Richard ^c   Bauld, Linda ^b   Hay, Gordon ^d   Hollywood, Joan ^e  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Bereavement Through Addiction   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alcohol; Death; drugs; families; qualitative; stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961204564     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359.2016.1153632     Document Type: Article

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