Palliative Care Caregivers’ Grief Mediators: A Prospective Study

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 346-353

  Coelho, Alexandra M ^a   Delalibera, Mayra A ^b   Barbosa, António ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

caregivers; grief; mediators; palliative care; prospective study; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PORTUGAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PORTUGAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961238318     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909114565660     Document Type: Article

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