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Original Articles

Death and grief on-line: Virtual memorialization and changing concepts of childhood death and parental bereavement on the Internet

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Pages 413-431 | Received 23 Sep 2011, Accepted 17 Aug 2012, Published online: 17 Dec 2014

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