The dying, those who care for them, and how they cope with loneliness

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 399-407

  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

Caregivers; Coping; Hospice; Hospitalization; Loneliness; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LONELINESS; MALE; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LONELINESS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 35349001156     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909107305652     Document Type: Article

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