Evaluating a bereavement follow-up intervention for grieving mothers after the death of a child

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 510-520

  Raitio, Katja ^a   Kaunonen, Marja ^b,c   Aho, Anna Liisa ^b,c  

^a JAMK UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Death of a child; Family nursing; Follow up intervention; Mothers' grief; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939470815     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/scs.12183     Document Type: Article

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