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Mothers continuing bonds and ambivalence to personal mortality after the death of their child – An interpretative phenomenological analysis

Mairi Harper Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, York, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Rory O'Connor Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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Adele Dickson School of Life, Sport & Social Sciences, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK
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Ronan O'Carroll Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
Pages 203-214 | Received 06 Jan 2010, Accepted 12 Oct 2010, Published online: 09 Jun 2011

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