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Sources of social support and its importance for cancer-bereaved spouses and their minor children: A cross-sectional study

Maja Holma Department of Health Care Sciences, Palliative Research Centre, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Stockholm, Sweden;b Department of Nursing Sciences, Sophiahemmet University, Stockholm, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2074-5985View further author information
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Megan Weber Falka Department of Health Care Sciences, Palliative Research Centre, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Stockholm, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2786-1997View further author information
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Malin Lövgrena Department of Health Care Sciences, Palliative Research Centre, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Stockholm, Sweden;c Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Childhood Cancer Research Unit, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4736-500XView further author information
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Ulrika Kreicbergsa Department of Health Care Sciences, Palliative Research Centre, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Stockholm, Sweden;c Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Childhood Cancer Research Unit, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8185-781XView further author information
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Anette Alvarizaa Department of Health Care Sciences, Palliative Research Centre, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Stockholm, Sweden;d Capio Palliative Care Unit, Dalen Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2711-0245View further author information
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Josefin Sveena Department of Health Care Sciences, Palliative Research Centre, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, Stockholm, Sweden;e Department of Neuroscience, National Center for Disaster Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 996-1002 | Published online: 18 Jun 2020

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