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Bereavement Support for Families Following the Death of a Child from Cancer

Experience of Bereaved Parents

Natarlie Decinque GradDipAdvSocWk, BSW Princess Margaret Hospital, GPO Box D184z, Perth, 6840, Western Australia
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Leanne Monterosso BNursing (Hons), PhD, RN, RM, NNT, FRCNA Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and Edith Cowan University, Pearson Street, Churchlands, 6018, Western Australia
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Gaye Dadd MNursing, BSc, RN Princess Margaret Hospital, GPO Box D184z, Perth, 6840, Western Australia
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Ranita Sidhu BScOT Princess Margaret Hospital, GPO Box D184z, Perth, 6840, Western Australia
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Rosemary Macpherson CN Princess Margaret Hospital, GPO Box D184z, Perth, 6840, Western Australia
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Samar Aoun BSc, MPH, PhD School of Nursing and Public Health, Edith Cowan University, Pearson Street, Churchlands, 6018, Western Australia
Pages 65-83 | Published online: 22 Sep 2008

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