Bereavement among elderly people: grief reactions, post‐bereavement hallucinations and quality of life

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 72-80

  Grimby, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

bereavement; elderly; hallucination; illusion; quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GRIEF; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; GRIEF; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMAN; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0027393185     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1993.tb03332.x     Document Type: Article

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