Find a way out: Bereavement support in Taiwan hospice

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-10

  Liu, Nai Chih ^a   Lai, Enoch Y L ^a,b,c,d  

^a Mackay Hospice and Palliative Care Center   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anticipatory grief; Bereavement support; Cancer; Hospice; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPPORT GROUP; TAIWAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 31044438986     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-005-0878-4     Document Type: Article

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