Assessing pre-death grief in cancer caregivers using the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory (MM-CGI)

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 300-303

  Marwit, Samuel J ^a,d   Chibnall, John T ^b   Dougherty, Rebecca ^c   Jenkins, Chrystal ^b   Shawgo, Jenifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cancer; Caregivers; Grief; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATORY GRIEF; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MARWIT-MEUSER CAREGIVER GRIEF INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VALIDITY; WELLBEING;

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40949152496     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1218     Document Type: Article

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