Transitioning from caregiving to widowhood

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 817-825

  Digiacomo, Michelle ^a   Lewis, Joanne ^a   Nolan, Marie T ^b   Phillips, Jane ^c   Davidson, Patricia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caregivers; older women; qualitative; widowhood

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DENIAL; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GRIEF; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MARRIED PERSON; MENTAL HEALTH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONAL NEEDS; SELF CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; WELLBEING; WIDOW;

CAREGIVERS; OLDER WOMEN; QUALITATIVE; WIDOWHOOD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; WIDOWHOOD; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84888644239     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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