Reminiscence interviews as stress management interventions for older patients undergoing surgery

Gerontologist

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 522-528

  Rybarczyk, Bruce D ^a   Auerbach, Stephen M ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Challenges; Coping; Peers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STRESS; SURGERY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ANXIETY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0025045549     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/30.4.522     Document Type: Article

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