Couples facing advanced cancer: Examination of an interdependent relational system

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2283-2290

  Lo, Chris ^a,b   Hales, Sarah ^a,b   Braun, Michal ^c   Rydall, Anne C ^a   Zimmermann, Camilla ^a,d   Rodin, Gary ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

attachment; cancer; oncology; psychological distress; social relatedness; spouse caregiver

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; ANXIETY; CAREGIVER; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; OBJECT RELATION; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84885314233     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3289     Document Type: Article

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