Post-traumatic stress disorder at the end of life

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Laramie, Joy A ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Hospice and Palliative Care and Long Term Care ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMPATHY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EVENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMPATHY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 34248332524     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NHH.0000269960.41668.5d     Document Type: Review

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