Applying Heidegger’s interpretive phenomenology to women’s miscarriage experience

Psychology Research and Behavior Management

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 75-79

  Adolfsson, Annsofie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^b SKARABORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emotional response; Heidegger; Interpretive phenomenology; Life experience; Miscarriage; Woman

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010796608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PRBM.S4821     Document Type: Article

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