Overlooked and underserved: Widowed fathers with dependent-age children

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1325-1334

  Yopp, Justin M ^a   Park, Eliza M ^a   Edwards, Teresa ^b   Deal, Allison ^b   Rosenstein, Donald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Depression; Family; Father; Widower

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FATHER; GRIEF; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL DEATH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME FACTOR; WIDOW; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FATHERS; GRIEF; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL DEATH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; WIDOWHOOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944168566     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951514001321     Document Type: Article

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