Screening to predict complicated grief in spouses of cancer patients

Cancer Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 233-239

  BrintzenhofeSzoc, Karlynn M ^a   Smith, Elizabeth D ^a,b   Zabora, James R ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complicated grief; Family functioning; Psychological distress; Psychosocial impact

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032826330     PISSN: 10654704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5394.1999.75006.x     Document Type: Article

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