title: Bittersweet waiting: blessings and burdens.
authors.affiliation: Curtis W. and Ann H. Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri , Columbia, Missouri.
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Parker Oliver
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001293:Attitude to Death; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D010166:Palliative Care; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology; D019452:Terminally Ill; D014195:Travel