Family and friends provide most social support for the bereaved

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-149

  Benkel, Inger ^a,b   Wijk, H ^b   Molander, U ^a,b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Family; Grief; Social support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; FAMILY COPING; FRIEND; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RELATIVE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62549149469     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216308098798     Document Type: Article

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