Evaluating a bereavement support group

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-49

  Maruyama, Nancy C ^a   Atencio, Clarisa V ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Grief; Mood; Support groups; Unresolved grief

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 39749179860     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951508000072     Document Type: Article

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