Communication of emotion in home hospice cancer care: Implications for spouse caregiver depression into bereavement

Family caregivers of cancer hospice patients likely benefit from clinician provision of verbal support and from expression of positive emotions. Our aim was to identify the effects of hospice nurse supportive communication as well as caregiver‐nurse exchange of positive emotions on family caregiver depression during bereavement.

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