Final arrangements: examining debt and distress

Mortality

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 379-397

  McManus, Ruth ^a   Schafer, Cyril ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

debt; distress; emotion; funeral; New Zealand; purchase

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027950414     PISSN: 13576275     EISSN: 14699885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576275.2014.948413     Document Type: Article

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