Unresolved grief in a national sample of bereaved parents: Impaired mental and physical health 4 to 9 years later

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 36, 2008, Pages 5870-5876

  Lannen, Patrizia K ^a   Wolfe, Joanne ^a   Prigerson, Holly G ^a   Onelov, Erik ^a   Kreicbergs, Ulrika C ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; FATHERS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHERS; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58049203002     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.14.6738     Document Type: Article

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