A qualitative retrospective study of coping strategies of newly widowed elderly: Effects of anticipatory grieving on the caregiver

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 28-34

  Hegge, Marge ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONELINESS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE PERSON;

EID: 0026197334     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104990919100800406     Document Type: Article

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