Mar 27, 2012 - parental grief following the death of a child. Nick Gerrish MPsych (Clinical) a. & Sue Bailey BSW PhD b a. Faculty of Health Sciences, School of ...
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Using the biographical grid method to explore parental grief following the death of a child a
Nick Gerrish MPsych (Clinical) & Sue Bailey BSW PhD
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Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Perth, Western Australia b
Dentistry and Health Sciences, School of Population Health Faculty of Medicine, Perth, Western Australia Published online: 27 Mar 2012.
To cite this article: Nick Gerrish MPsych (Clinical) & Sue Bailey BSW PhD (2012) Using the biographical grid method to explore parental grief following the death of a child, Bereavement Care, 31:1, 11-17, DOI: 10.1080/02682621.2012.654695 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02682621.2012.654695
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