Nursing theories
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Theory of Chronic Sorrow
Introduction
Chronic
sorrow is the periodic recurrence of permanent, pervasive
sadness or other grief related feelings associated with a
significant loss.
Georgene Eakes, Mary L. Burke, Margaret A. Hainsworth. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. Summer 1998 v30 n2 p179(6).)