Importance Keeping a diary for patients while they are in the intensive care unit (ICU) might
reduce their posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Objectives To assess the effect …

Background Post-intensive care syndrome includes the multiple consequences of an
intensive care unit (ICU) stay for patients and families. It has become a new challenge for …

Background Although spouses bereaved after cancer are considered vulnerable people,
there have been few empirical studies to explore grief specifically in this context. Methods …

Though the adjustment of bereaved children is increasingly investigated through
quantitative studies, their intimate representations regarding the loss of their parent remain …

ICU survivors may experience various long-term sequelae, recognized as Post-Intensive
Care Syndrome, that includes psychiatric symptoms: anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic …

Objectives Most people deal with intrusive life events such as cancer and the care trajectory
together with their intimate partners. To our knowledge, no research has studied the …

Purpose Treatment decisions, such as breast reconstruction is made by the dyad patient-
physician, but close others can have an influence on the process. Shared decision-making …

Background The cancer patient's relatives and family constitute one of the patient's main
sources of support throughout the disease. In recent years, several studies have …

PURPOSE Optimal comprehensive survivorship care is insufficiently delivered. To increase
patient empowerment and maximize the uptake of multidisciplinary supportive care …

The Dual Process Model of Coping With Bereavement (DPM) was developed to better
understand the dynamic coping processes adopted by bereaved people. In the present …