Do professionals disempower bereaved people?: Grief and psychosocial intervention

Bereavement Care

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-10

  Dyregrov, Kari ^a  

^a Center for Crisis Psychology   (Norway)

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EID: 84978781147     PISSN: 02682621     EISSN: 19448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02682620508657622     Document Type: Article

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