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Research Article

Suicide Ideation Among Parents Bereaved by the Violent Deaths of Their Children

Shirley A. Murphy School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
,
Viva J. Tapper School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
,
L. Clark Johnson Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Port Townsend, Washington, USA
&
Janet Lohan Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington, USA
Pages 5-25 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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