Posttraumatic stress disorder at the end of life: Extant research and proposed psychosocial treatment approach

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 407-418

  Feldman, David B ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy; End of Life; Palliative care; PTSD

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 82055202844     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951511000435     Document Type: Review

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