Grief Rituals and Grief Reactions of Bereaved Individuals During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Buket Şimşek Arslan1, Kadriye Buldukoğlu2

  • 1Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey.

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|August 4, 2021
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