Describing and understanding depression in spouses of cancer patients in palliative phase

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1131-1137

  Fasse, Léonor ^a,b   Flahault, Cécile ^b,c   Brédart, Anne ^c   Dolbeault, Sylvie ^c   Sultan, Serge ^d  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

attachment; cancer; coping; oncology; palliative; spouses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DENIAL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGLECT; SPOUSE; AGED; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84941174429     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3777     Document Type: Article

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