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Frequency and determinants of formal respite service use among caregivers of children with cerebral palsy in Ontario

OBJECTIVE: To describe the use of formal respite services among caregivers of children with cerebral palsy in Ontario and discuss the factors that may contribute to respite use and non-use. METHODS: A total of 468 caregivers were interviewed about…

Physician-assisted deaths under the euthanasia law in Belgium: a population-based survey

BACKGROUND: Legalization of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide has been heavily debated in many countries. To help inform this debate, we describe the practices of euthanasia and assisted suicide, and the use of life-ending drugs without an…

Evidence for healing interventions with perinatal bereavement

The purpose of this article is to explore the concept of perinatal grief and evidence-based healing interventions for it. The loss of a pregnancy or death of an infant causes profound grief, yet society has long minimized or ignored this grief, which…

The long-term effects of later life spousal and parental bereavement on personal functioning

Using data from Americans' Changing Lives: Wave 1, 1986, this study examined the long-term effects on the personal functioning of older women and men following the death of an adult child or a spouse. Guided by Weiss's (1993) theoretical framework,…

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Frequency and determinants of formal respite service use among caregivers of children with cerebral palsy in Ontario

Physician-assisted deaths under the euthanasia law in Belgium: a population-based survey

Evidence for healing interventions with perinatal bereavement

The long-term effects of later life spousal and parental bereavement on personal functioning