Prevalence and predictors of parental grief and depression after the death of a child from cancer

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1321-1326

  McCarthy, Maria C ^a,b   Clarke, Naomi E ^a   Ting, Cheng Lin ^a   Conroy, Rowena ^a   Anderson, Vicki A ^a   Heath, John A ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MORTALITY; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHILD DEATH; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COST OF ILLNESS; DEATH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; VICTORIA;

EID: 78649370508     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0037     Document Type: Article

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