Mortality communication as a predictor of psychological distress among family caregivers of home hospice and hospital inpatients with terminal cancer

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-63

  Bachner, Yaacov G ^a   O'Rourke, Norm ^b   Davidov, Eldad ^c   Carmel, Sara ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Care settings; Informal care provision; Mortality communication; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF EFFICACY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 60549110868     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860802154473     Document Type: Article

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