Physiological and psychological symptoms of grief in widows

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-30

  Kowalski, Susan D ^a   Bondmass, Mary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional states feelings; Grief mourning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GRIEF; GUILT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONELINESS; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; WIDOW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GRIEF; GUILT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONELINESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEVADA; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PAIN; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 40649096883     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20228     Document Type: Article

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