Final transitions: Family caregiving at the end of life

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 623-638

  Waldrop, Deborah P ^a   Kramer, Betty J ^b   Skretny, Judith A ^c   Milch, Robert A ^c   Finn, William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Center for Hospice and Palliative Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DYING; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCESS MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 21444444078     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2005.8.623     Document Type: Article

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