The loneliness experience of the dying and of those who care for them

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-159

  Rokach, Ami ^a   Matalon, Raan ^a   Safarov, Artem ^a   Bercovitch, Michaela ^b  

^a Institute for the Study and Treatment of Psychosocial Stress   (Canada)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer; Caregivers; Dying; Hospice; Loneliness; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 34249711383     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951507070228     Document Type: Article

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