A survey of grief and bereavement in nursing homes: The importance of hospice grief and bereavement for the end-stage Alzheimer's disease patient and family

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1104-1107

  Murphy, Kathleen ^a   Hanrahan, Patricia ^b   Luchins, Daniel ^b  

^a Hospice of Michigan   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYING; GRIEF; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT REFERRAL;

EID: 0030844923     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb05974.x     Document Type: Article

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