Complicated grief and need for professional support in family caregivers of cancer patients in palliative care: A longitudinal cohort study

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1679-1685

  Guldin, Mai Britt ^a   Vedsted, Peter ^a   Zachariae, Robert ^b   Olesen, Frede ^a   Jensen, Anders Bonde ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bereavement service; Caregiver; Complicated grief; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEREAVEMENT; BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INVENTORY OF COMPLICATED GRIEF; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84863987542     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1260-3     Document Type: Article

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