Need for and access to bereavement support after loss of a husband to urologic cancers: A nationwide follow-up of Swedish widows

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 271-276

  Valdimarsdóttir, Unnur ^a,b   Helgason, Ásgeir R ^b,c   Fürst, Carl Johan ^d   Adolfsson, Jan ^b   Steineck, Gunnar ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

^d Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Access; Healthcare quality; Needs assessment; Palliative care; Urologic neoplasms; Widowhood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; BLADDER CANCER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SUPPORT GROUP; SWEDEN; URINARY TRACT CANCER; WIDOW;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 27144500957     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: 16512065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590510031273     Document Type: Article

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