Attachment style, social support and finding meaning among spouses of colorectal cancer patients: Gender differences

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 527-535

  Hasson Ohayon, Ilanit ^a   Goldzweig, Gil ^b   Sela Oren, Tal ^a   Pizem, Noam ^c   Bar Sela, Gil ^d   Wolf, Ido ^c,e  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attachment; Cancer; Caregiving; Meaning; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PATIENT CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 84944533336     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951513000242     Document Type: Article

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