Family grief therapy: A preliminary account of a new model to promote healthy family functioning during palliative care and bereavement

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 14-25

  Kissane, David W ^a   Bloch, Sidney ^b   McKenzie, Maria ^b   McDowall, Anna C ^b   Nitzan, Rochelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY THERAPY; GRIEF; HUMAN; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0031930962     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199801/02)7:1<14::AID-PON313>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Review

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