Longitudinal changes and predictors of prolonged grief for bereaved family caregivers over the first 2 years after the terminally ill cancer patient's death

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 495-503

  Tsai, Wei I ^a   Prigerson, Holly G ^b   Li, Chung Yi ^c   Chou, Wen Chi ^d   Kuo, Su Ching ^a,e   Tang, Siew Tzuh ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

bereavement; cancer; family caregivers; oncology; Prolonged grief; terminally ill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RELATIVE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM; TAIWAN; TERMINAL CARE; DEATH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEATH; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; TERMINALLY ILL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964987494     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216315603261     Document Type: Article

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