Predictors of Bereavement Outcomes in Families of Patients with Cancer: A Literature Review

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 33-50

  Koop, Priscilla M ^a   Strang, Vicki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031324268     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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