Berna van Baarsen

Summary

Affiliation: Vrije Universiteit
Country: The Netherlands

Publications

  1. ncbi Theories on coping with loss: the impact of social support and self-esteem on adjustment to emotional and social loneliness following a partner's death in later life
    Berna van Baarsen
    Department of Metamedica, Philosophy and Medical Ethics Section, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 57:S33-42. 2002
  2. ncbi The medical practice of patient autonomy and cancer treatment refusals: a patients' and physicians' perspective
    Titia van Kleffens
    VU University Medical Center, Department of Philosophy and Medical Ethics, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Soc Sci Med 58:2325-36. 2004

Collaborators

  • Titia van Kleffens
  • Evert van Leeuwen

Detail Information

Publications2

  1. ncbi Theories on coping with loss: the impact of social support and self-esteem on adjustment to emotional and social loneliness following a partner's death in later life
    Berna van Baarsen
    Department of Metamedica, Philosophy and Medical Ethics Section, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 57:S33-42. 2002
    ..e., less incongruity). According to the theory of relational loneliness, the partner's death leads to a loss of identity, thus increasing emotional loneliness, and social support does not mitigate emotional loneliness following a loss...
  2. ncbi The medical practice of patient autonomy and cancer treatment refusals: a patients' and physicians' perspective
    Titia van Kleffens
    VU University Medical Center, Department of Philosophy and Medical Ethics, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Soc Sci Med 58:2325-36. 2004
    ..Discussing the respect shift may serve to clarify underlying thoughts and principles in the decision-making process for both physicians and patients...