Predictors of family conflict at the end of life: The experience of spouses and adult children of persons with lung cancer

Gerontologist

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-225

  Kramer, Betty J ^a   Kavanaugh, Melinda ^a   Trentham Dietz, Amy ^b   Walsh, Matthew ^b   Yonker, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Family caregivers; Family functioning; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINAL CARE; WISCONSIN;

EID: 77952926589     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp121     Document Type: Article

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