End-of-life care and the grieving process: Family caregivers who have experienced the loss of a terminal-phase cancer patient

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1049-1061

  Dumont, Isabelle ^a   Dumont, Serge ^b   Mongeau, Suzanne ^c  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Cancer; Caregiving; End of life care; Palliative care; Psychosocial aspects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; GRIEF; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUEBEC; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 48049119655     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732308320110     Document Type: Article

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