Family resilience in the wake of loss: A meaning-oriented contribution

Handbook of Family Resilience

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 269-284

  Hooghe, An ^a   Neimeyer, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3917-2_16     Document Type: Chapter

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