End-of-Life Caregiving: What Helps Family Caregivers Cope?

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 901-909

  Redinbaugh, Ellen M ^a,d   Baum, Andrew ^a   Tarbell, Sally ^b   Arnold, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 1642430933     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109662103322654785     Document Type: Article

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