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Peer reviewedRoberto, Karen A.; Stanis, Pat Ianni – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1994
Examined reactions of 38 older women to death of close friends. Sense of loss women felt resulted in development of new and closer relationships with other friends and relatives. Women's advice to others who had lost close friend was to remember friend, seek out new friendships, and be active. Found differences according to age, marital status,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Death, Emotional Response, Females
