Volunteer support, marital status, and the survival times of terminally ill patients

Health Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 225-229

  Herbst Damm, Kathryn L ^a,b   Kulik, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Marital status; Social support; Terminal illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREDICTION; SUPPORT GROUP; SURVIVAL TIME; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINALLY ILL; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 14944371185     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225     Document Type: Article

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