Guidelines for the psychosocial and bereavement support of family caregivers of palliative care patients

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 696-702

  Hudson, Peter ^a,b   Remedios, Cheryl ^a   Zordan, Rachel ^a   Thomas, Kristina ^a   Clifton, Di ^a   Crewdson, Michael ^a   Hall, Christopher ^c   Trauer, Tom ^a,d   Bolleter, Amanda ^e   Clarke, David M ^d   Bauld, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Monash University ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING LITERATURE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84861848115     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0466     Document Type: Article

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