Bereavement help-seeking following an 'expected' death: A cross-sectional randomised face-to-face population survey

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Currow, David C ^a,b   Allen, Katrina ^c   Plummer, John ^d   Aoun, Samar ^b,e   Hegarty, Meg ^a   Abernethy, Amy P ^a,f  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Institute of Palliative and Supportive Care Research   (Australia)

^c REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEREAVEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; GRIEF; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SUPPORT GROUP;

EID: 63149148765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-7-19     Document Type: Article

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