title: Elderly widowers in a family practice setting.
abstract: Twenty-one elderly widowers were surveyed in a pilot study in a family practice setting to determine their psycho-emotional, social, and medical needs pre- and post-bereavement. Compared to the low psycho-emotional distress group, the widowers in the high distress group (1) were seeing their family doctors more often, (2) were less likely to belong to a community organization, (3) were more recently bereaved, (4) had more people supporting them, and (5) were more likely to indicate that they would participate in a self-help program for elderly widowers.
authors.affiliation: Sunnybrook Medical Centre, Toronto, Ont.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tudiver
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D012847:Single Person / Q000523:psychology*; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012944:Social Support