The grief support in healthcare scale: Development and testing

Nursing Research

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 372-379

  Anderson, Keith A ^a   Ewen, Heidi H ^b   Miles, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bereavement; grief; social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OHIO; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78649321656     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e3181fca9de     Document Type: Article

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