Inter-rater reliability of the Bereavement Risk Assessment Tool

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-164

  Rose, Caelin ^a   Wainwright, Wendy ^a   Downing, Michael ^a   Lesperance, Mary ^b  

^a Victoria Hospice Society   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bereavement Assessment; Bereavement Risk; Complicated Grief; Grief; Risk Factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PALLIATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79956104123     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951511000022     Document Type: Article

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