Learning to Live Through Loss: Understanding Men Who Grieve by Carolyn S. Wilken

“…This document explores the ways that men grieve and offers suggestions for helping and supporting the grieving widower or father. Published by the UF Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, November 2006. …”
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Prevalence of anaemia and the associated factors among hospitalised people living with HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy in Southwest China: a cross-sectional study by Jie Yuan, Hai Long, Min Liu, Juan He, Jue Liu, Yu Wu, Wenzhan Jing, Min Du, Manna Zhang, Yaping Wang, Su Song, Siqi Liu, Guiying Cao, Yuedong Liang, Xiaoxin Xie, Yanhua Fu

“…Hepatitis C was associated with increased odds of severe anaemia (aOR=1.80, 95% CI: 1.11 to 2.92).Conclusions Anaemia was prevalent among hospitalised PLHIV. Female sex, those widowed or divorced, and thrombocytopenia were associated with increased odds of anaemia, and those widowed or divorced, thrombocytopenia and hepatitis C were associated with increased odds of severe anaemia. …”
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The ‘cursed’ queen by Gergely Kiss

“…Clemence, the daughter of Charles Martell of Anjou and Clemence of Habsburg, was born in Naples and became the wife of King Louis X of France in 1315. She was widowed the following year, and before her death in 1328, she witnessed the extinction of the male line of the Capetian dynasty. …”
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Quality of Life and Associated Factors Among Family/Caregivers of Pediatric Patients Treated for Cancer at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital: Institution-Based Cross-Sectional Stu... by Zenebe Negash MSc, Eden M. Kinfe BSc, Urji Zerihun BSc, Atalay M. Fentie MSc

“…Conclusion In the current study, poor QOL was high among family/caregivers of pediatric cancer patients. Being widowed and lowest income were significantly associated with the QOL of the caregivers of pediatric patients with cancer.…”
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Women and Money: Unique Issues – So You Want to Remarry? by Diann Douglas, Martie Gillen, Lynda Spence

“…Whether widowed or divorced, if a second marriage is in your future, it may be advisable to look before you leap. …”
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Women and Money: Unique Issues – So You Want to Remarry? by Diann Douglas, Martie Gillen, Lynda Spence

“…Whether widowed or divorced, if a second marriage is in your future, it may be advisable to look before you leap. …”
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A rare case report of pseudo-pregnancy in a menopausal female by Mini Sharma, Pavitra Shankar, Prerna Kukreti, Dinesh Kataria

“…We are reporting a rare presentation of a 48-year post-menopausal widowed HIV-positive female with no live issues having two years of secondary amenorrhea complaining to have documented weight gain and experience of perceiving fetal movements for the past 5 months. …”
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Determinants of poor access to health care among women of reproductive age in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study by Augustus Osborne, Peter Bai James, Camilla Bangura

“…Previously married women(divorced, separated, or widowed) [aOR = 1.74; 95% CI: 1.30, 2.34] had higher odds of poor access to healthcare than those never in a union. …”
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Social welfare in the Greco-Roman world as a background for early Christian practice by P. Lampe

“…Various social-welfare tasks are touched upon – health care; care for the elderly, widows, orphans and invalids; the patron-client system as countermeasure to unemployment; distribution of land, grain, meals and money; alms, donations, foundations as well as education – with hardly any one of them being especially tailored to the poor. …”
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Snahy šlechty českého severovýchodu o zmírnění následků pobělohorských konfiskací by Ondřej Tikovský

“…Among these general features rank e.g. the high number of persons affected through one confiscational case (wives, widows, children, relatives, descendants), the considerable degree of the indebtedness burdening the confiscated properties which further broadened the circle of affected persons by a significant number of creditors. …”
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Participation of Swazi women in the traditional public sphere, Sibaya, in the Kingdom of Swaziland by Maxwell Vusumuzi Mthembu

“…Thorny issues raised by women pertained to education (primary, secondary and tertiary), the welfare of widows, chieftaincy disputes, access to land, provision of water and electricity and gender-based violence, among others. …”
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Single Motherhood and Socio-Economic Welfare of Families in Kabale Municipality. by Mahoro, Evelyn

“…A sample size of 300 respondents, including never-married, widowed, and separated mothers, participated in the study. …”
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Elderly in the state of co-residence in a town in State Bahia, Brazil by Saulo Sacramento Meira, Alba Benemérita Alves Vilela, Cezar Augusto Casotti, Jorge Costa do Nascimento, Camila Barros Andrade

“…We interviewed 154 individuals, 79.2% were female; 69.5% were illiterate; 39.6% ex-workers in the informal service and 41% widowed and living with an average of 3.8 people per household. …”
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Incidence and Predictors of Pregnancy among Women on ART in Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: A Five-Year Retrospective Cohort Study by Maru Meseret, Alemayehu Shimeka, Alemayehu Bekele

“…Living in rural, being married, being widowed, being unemployed, and having <2 children at enrollment were found to be positively associated with being pregnant. …”
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Gender Differences in the Influence of Social Support on One-Year Changes in Functional Status in Older Patients with Heart Failure by Danielle M. Berard, Elizabeth G. VanDenKerkhof, Margaret Harrison, Joan E. Tranmer

“…Women were more likely to be single, widowed or divorced, living alone and earning less annual income. …”
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Geriatric Syndromes and Abandonment by Abel Pérez Pavón, Alejandra Villegas Villegas, Yamileth del Socorro López Franco, Donovan Casas Patiño, Alejandra Rodríguez Torres

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the geriatric syndromes present in the study such as: cognitive impairment, polypharmacy and urinary incontinence, plus the presence of being single, widowed or divorced show a significant relationship to suffering abandonment.…”
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Beyond the Scalpel: Addressing Communication and Distress in ENT Cancer by Bogdan Hirtie, Norberth-Istvan Varga, Andrada Oprisoni, Sonia Tanasescu, Estera Boeriu, Virgiliu Bogdan Sorop, Octavia Harich, Adrian Vasile Bota, Delia Ioana Horhat

“…A high prevalence of psychological distress was observed, particularly among widowed individuals and females. No direct correlation was found between communication preferences and distress. …”
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Characteristics, Needs, and Perspectives of Individuals Living Alone With Dementia: An Integrative Review by Sara J. Crance, Fang Yu

“…Results Individuals living alone with dementia are more likely to be widows, of older age, and lower income, have a higher risk of severe loneliness despite more social contact, higher functional ability, and higher unmet needs despite the use of services, compared to those living with others. …”
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Socioeconomic status and morbidity pattern among the elderly population in Bankura district, West Bengal by Ujjwal Das, Nishamani Kar

“…The result also suggested that no education, widowed, not physically working, and lifestyle indicators such as smoking, tobacco use, and excess alcohol intake were the significant risks for multi-morbidity. …”
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Gendered associations of situational and dispositional factors with exclusion from social relations and loneliness in older age by Georgios Pavlidis, Georgios Pavlidis

“…Certain situational factors (e.g., widowed, never married) significantly increased the probabilities of ESR for both genders, while other (e.g., divorce) had a gender-specific significance. …”
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