The mental health and mortality impact of death of a partner with dementia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 929-937

  Shah, Sunil M ^a   Carey, Iain M ^a   Harris, Tess ^a   DeWilde, Stephen ^a   Victor, Christina R ^b   Cook, Derek G ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bereavement; dementia; palliative care; primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WELLBEING;

EID: 84977607483     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4411     Document Type: Article

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