Predictors of well-being in bereaved former hospice caregivers: The role of caregiving stressors, appraisals, and social resources

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-158

  Burton, Allison M ^a   Haley, William E ^b   Small, Brent J ^b   Finley, Margaret R ^b   Dillinger Vasille, Marie ^b   Schonwetter, Ronald ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c LifePath Hospice and Palliative Care Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticipatory grief; Bereavement; Caregiving; Depression

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 44449163006     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951508000230     Document Type: Article

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