Two Models of Caregiver Strain and Bereavement Adjustment: A Comparison of Husband and Daughter Caregivers of Breast Cancer Hospice Patients

Gerontologist

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 808-816

  Bernard, Lori L ^a   Guarnaccia, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Complicated Grief Model; Family caregiver role strain; Relief Model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; BREAST CANCER; CAREGIVER; DEATH; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0347359290     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/43.6.808     Document Type: Article

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