Bereaved spouses' adjustment after the patients' death in palliative care

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 397-404

  Carlsson, Maria E ^a   Nilsson, Ingrid M ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Sjukvårdsteamet Kronparksgården   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bereaved spouses; Grief reactions; Health; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; SWEDEN;

EID: 35548953538     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951507000594     Document Type: Article

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