Caregivers of patients with disorders of consciousness: Coping and prolonged grief

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 413-418

  de la Morena, M J Elvira ^a   Cruzado, J A ^b  

^a Orden Hospitalaria de San Juan de Dios   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Coping; Disorders of consciousness; Minimally conscious state; Prolonged grief disorder; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DENIAL; FEMALE; GRIEF; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PLANNING; PROLONGED GRIEF 12 QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT T TEST;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GRIEF; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877925777     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ane.12061     Document Type: Article

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