They still grieve - A nationwide follow-up of young adults 2-9years after losing a sibling to cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 658-664

  Sveen, Josefin ^a,d   Eilegård, Alexandra ^a,c   Steineck, Gunnar ^a,b   Kreicbergs, Ulrika ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SOPHIAHEMMET UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

bereavement; cancer; grief; oncology; sibling loss; young adult loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIEF; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SIBLING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME OF DEATH; YOUNG ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TIME;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902121186     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3463     Document Type: Article

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