Grief and older people: The making or breaking of emotional bonds following partner loss in later life

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1374-1382

  Costello, John ^a   Kendrick, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Community; Grief; Hospital; Loss; Mourner; Nursing; Older people

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WIDOW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 0034572139     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01625.x     Document Type: Article

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